Paper Lantern (1987)

Director: Shunichi Kajima

A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".

Cast

Takanori Jinnai

Eri Ishida

Yoshio Harada

Mariko Kaga

Takanobu Hozumi

Nenji Kobayashi

Takashi Naito

Taketoshi Naitō

Saburo Tokito

Masayuki Watanabe