Shabu (1996)
シャブ極道
Makabe is a yakuza who is addicted to 'shabu' (a slang refers to stimulant drug). He lives as if he wants to destroy himself. He steals a mistress of the boss of a big yakuza syndicate by force. He takes over the yakuza group he belongs to, by killing the old boss. When he tries to use 'shabu' as the main financial resource of his group, it leads to the serious confrontation with another big yakuza syndicate.
- Date of release
- 1996-05-28
- TMDB
- 8.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Director
- Tatsuoki Hosono
Casting
- Koji Yakusho
- Ai Saotome
- Shun Sugata
- Akira Takahashi
- Yasuko Haru
- Yukio Yamanouchi
- Eiji Minakata
- Hitomi Shiraishi — Miyoko
- Kumi Shiraishi — Aya
- Hiroshi Fujita
- Hirotaro Honda
- Masayuki Watanabe
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