Sanctuary

Sanctuary

103 mins | Drama | Jan. 21, 1995

Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami live different lives in Tokyo, Japan: Hojo is the leader of a small but rising Yakuza clan, while Asami is a politician aiming to become the youngest member of the Japanese parliament. But while they both live in different ways, Hojo and Asami share the same past; both of them were survivors of the Killing Fields of Cambodia. With the aggression and survival instincts they learned in the Cambodian jungles, Hojo and Asami strive in both the Yakuza and political world to reform Japan into their own sanctuary.

Sanctuary

103 mins | Drama | Jan. 21, 1995

Sanctuary
Akira Hojo and Chiaki Asami live different lives in Tokyo, Japan: Hojo is the leader of a small but rising Yakuza clan, while Asami is a politician aiming to become the youngest member of the Japanese parliament. But while they both live in different ways, Hojo and Asami share the same past; both of them were survivors of the Killing Fields of Cambodia. With the aggression and survival instincts they learned in the Cambodian jungles, Hojo and Asami strive in both the Yakuza and political world to reform Japan into their own sanctuary.
Producers Cinewave
Original title サンクチュアリ
Directors Yukio Fuji
Writers Buronson, Kanji Yasumoto

Cast

Toshiya Nagasawa

as Akira Hojo

Hiroshi Abe

as Chiaki Asami

Azusa Nakamura

as Assistant Superintendent Kyoko Ishihara

Toshihiko Sakakibara

as Reiji Tashiro

Naomasa Musaka

as Detective Ozaki

Takahiro Tamura

as Ryuzo Ichijima

Koreharu Hisatomi

as Shuichi Sakura

Fumio Watanabe

as Deputy Chief Norimoto Isaoka

Masanori Sera

as Tokai