Paper Lantern (1987)

Name: Paper Lantern
Director: Shunichi Kajima
Genre: Action, Drama
Released: 1987-05-23
Duration: 100 min
Cast: Takanori Jinnai, Eri Ishida, Yoshio Harada, Mariko Kaga, Takanobu Hozumi

May 23, 19871h 40mJA

Action Drama

Overview

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".

Director

Shunichi Kajima

Writers

Shōji Kaneko, Goro Hanawa