Gonin


1h 49m 1995

Brief Synopsis

In debt to the Ogoshi mob, club owner Bandai robs the gansters' safe and starts a new life with his former wife. He succeeds with the help of a pim, a prostitute, and an ex-cop-turned-bouncer, but the mob retaliates.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Drama
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Shochiku Company, Ltd.
Distribution Company
PHAEDRA; Rapid Eye Movies

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

Synopsis

In debt to the Ogoshi mob, club owner Bandai robs the gansters' safe and starts a new life with his former wife. He succeeds with the help of a pim, a prostitute, and an ex-cop-turned-bouncer, but the mob retaliates.

Film Details

MPAA Rating
Genre
Crime
Drama
Release Date
1995
Production Company
Shochiku Company, Ltd.
Distribution Company
PHAEDRA; Rapid Eye Movies

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 49m

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Trivia

Miscellaneous Notes

Released in United States 1995

Released in United States August 1995

Released in United States January 1997

Released in United States January 23, 1998

Released in United States on Video April 17, 2001

Released in United States Winter January 16, 1998

Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 3-13, 1995.

Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival In Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.

Released in United States 1995 (Shown in New York City (Walter Reade) as part of sidebar series "'Beat' Takeshi Kitano: Elegies to Violence" in the program "Leading Lights: Independent Japanese Cinema" October 27 - November 16, 1995.)

Released in United States January 1997 (Shown at Nortel Palm Springs International Film Festival In Palm Springs, California January 9-26, 1997.)

Released in United States Winter January 16, 1998

Released in United States January 23, 1998 (Laemmle's NuArt; Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video April 17, 2001

Released in United States August 1995 (Shown at Locarno International Film Festival (in competition) August 3-13, 1995.)