Family (2001-Japan)

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[edit] Profile

• Movie: Family
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• Japanese:
• Director: Takashi Miike
• Writer: Hisao Maki
• Producer:
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• Release Date: March 31, 2001
• Runtime: 80 min.
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

[edit] Plot

When the mobster Iwaida Nishikawi is executed by the hit man Takeshi, his family chases the killer. Takeshi's brothers Takashi and Hideshi Miwa try to find Takeshi, who is hidden with the nurse Rie Ishibashi, to protect him and Hideshi discovers that Takeshi was secretly sent by their Yakuza boss to eliminate Iwaida. Meanwhile, the mobster Kenmoshi abducts Takashi's wife Mariko and rapes her, trying to force Takashi to deliver his brother to him.

[edit] Cast

• Kenichi Endo
• Kojiro Hongo
• Naoko Inoue
• Kouichi Iwaki - Hideshi Miwa
• Taishu Kase - Takeshi Miwa
• Ryuji Katagiri
• Kazuya Kimura - Takashi Miwa
• Toshiya Nagasawa
• Yoko Natsuki
• Marumi Shiraishi
• Shigenobu Yasuda
• Rikiya Yasuoka