Paper Lantern

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Paper Lantern (1987)

Directed by Shunichi Kajima

Action, Drama · 1h 40m

A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".

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Cast

Takanori Jinnai Eri Ishida Yoshio Harada Mariko Kaga Takanobu Hozumi Nenji Kobayashi Takashi Naito Taketoshi Naitō Saburo Tokito
M
Masayuki Watanabe
K
Kazuo Andō
E
Eri Nitta

Crew

Director
Shunichi Kajima
Screenplay
Goro Hanawa
Novel
Shōji Kaneko
Director of Photography
Tatsuo Suzuki
Original Music Composer
Evan Lurie

Details

Original title
ちょうちん
Release date
1987-05-23
Runtime
1h 40m
Genres
Action, Drama
Original language
JA
Spoken languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan
Production
Vanfiru