Deadly Outlaw: Rekka

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka
Directed by	Takashi Miike
Written by	Shigenori Takechi
Cinematography	Kiyoshi Itô
Edited by	Yasushi Shimamura
Music by	Joe Yamanaka
Release date	2002
Running time	96 minutes

Deadly Outlaw: Rekka, also known as Violent Fire, is a 2002 Japanese yakuza film directed by Takashi Miike starring Riki Takeuchi and Sonny Chiba. Known in Japan as Jitsuroku: Andō Noboru Kyōdō-den - Rekka (実録・安藤昇侠道伝 烈火, "Noboru Ando's True Outlaw Tales: Raging Fire"), it is loosely based on actor Noboru Ando's former life as a yakuza.

Plot

After Kunisada (Riki Takeuchi)'s yakuza leader and father figure is brutally murdered, he and his best friend (Kenichi Endo) go on a two-man mission to avenge his death, killing other Yakuza leaders leading to a final confrontation by the old man's killers.

Cast

• Riki Takeuchi as Kunisada
• Ryôsuke Miki
• Kenichi Endo
• Mika Katsumura
• Sonny Chiba
• Yuya Uchida
• Tetsuro Tamba
• Renji Ishibashi
• Lily as Kunisada's Godmother
• Miho Nomoto
• Joe Yamanaka
• Rikiya Yasuoka

Other credits

• Produced by
  • Akira Ando - planner
  • Mitsuru Kurosawa - executive producer: Toei Video
  • Fujio Matsushima - associate planner
  • Tsuneo Seto - producer
  • Shigenori Takechi - associate planner
• Sound Department: Fusao Yuwaki - sound
• Supervisor: Noboru Ando

Notes

The entire soundtrack to this film is the album Satori by Flower Travellin' Band, whose lead singer Joe Yamanaka and producer Yuya Uchida have small roles in the film.

External links

• Deadly Outlaw: Rekka at IMDb