Bonds

Bonds

123 mins | Drama, Crime | June 6, 1998

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the wife of a boyhood chum, and the wife of another close friend takes an interest in Ise. A couple of murders later, Ise/Haga goes on the run and also sets out for revenge.

Bonds

123 mins | Drama, Crime | June 6, 1998

Bonds
Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the wife of a boyhood chum, and the wife of another close friend takes an interest in Ise. A couple of murders later, Ise/Haga goes on the run and also sets out for revenge.
Producers Toho Company, Ltd.
Original title 絆
Directors Kichitaro Negishi, Okihiro Yoneda
Writers Tooru Shirakawa, Haruhiko Arai

Cast

Koji Yakusho

as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

Ken Watanabe

as Detective Sako Akio

Katsuo Nakamura

as Makoto Kayano

Yousuke Saito

as Masashi Fuda

Houka Kinoshita

as Shinji Miyake

Kumiko Tsuchiya

as Chikako Fujishirô

Ikko Kawai

as Kaoru Mabuchi

Mansaku Ikeuchi

as Detective Okubo

Yoshihiro Katô

as Hiroshi Okahori

Masahiko Tsugawa

as Deputy Superintendent Kohashi

Taketoshi Naitô

as Mr. Soga

Haruko Katô

as Mrs. Soga

Bengal

as Doctor

Midori Hagio

as Fumie Haga

Ken Tanaka

as Haga

Isao Natsuyagi

as Kunihiro Sasaki

Jamie McGonnigal

as Ranmaru (voice)

Takeo Nakahara

as Kazuo Kibe

Shinobu Tsuruta

as Shigeru Nagatomi