Aiki

Aiki

119 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 2002

When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club will take him on -- that is, until an aiki jujitsu master helps the young man develop techniques uniquely tailored to a wheelchair. What starts off as a sad film revs up into an exciting and fun series of epiphanies in which the young man realizes his situation isn't as hopeless as it seems.

Aiki

119 mins | Drama | Nov. 29, 2002

Aiki
When a promising young boxer is crippled in a car accident, he falls into a life of dissipation and depression. No boxing ring or martial arts club will take him on -- that is, until an aiki jujitsu master helps the young man develop techniques uniquely tailored to a wheelchair. What starts off as a sad film revs up into an exciting and fun series of epiphanies in which the young man realizes his situation isn't as hopeless as it seems.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Nikkatsu Corporation
Original title Aiki
Directors Daisuke Tengan
Writers Daisuke Tengan

Cast

Haruhiko Katō

as Taichi Ashihara

Rie Tomosaka

as Masako

Chiaki Hara

as Tamiko Ashihara

Ryo Ishibashi

as Masatsugu Hiraishi