Blazing Famiglia

Blazing Famiglia

2012 · 127 min · Drama

"Blazing Famiglia" centers around a family of former teenage gangsters. Tetsu Hino (Yoshimi Tokui) was once the leader of the most feared motorcycle gang in the Kanto area. Now, Tetsu Hino is middle-aged man who is looked down upon by his rebellious son Shuhei (Kento Hayashi). One day, Tetsu and his old biker gang gather together again after the daughter of a member is assaulted. Tetsu, worried about his day to day life, nevertheless regains the passion from his biker days. Tetsu then finds out that Ken Igarashi (Jun Murakami) is the man behind the attack. Ken Igarashi has had a grudge against Tetsu for a long time.

Directed by Kazuyoshi Kumakiri · Written by Takashi Ujita

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Yoshimi Tokui Tetsu Hino
Kento Hayashi Shuhei Hino
Sadao Abe Atsushi Yokota
Tetsuji Tamayama Kousuke Kawasaki
Tatsuya Nakamura Mitsuru Watanabe
Hirofumi Arai Tooru Ogata
Arata Iura Tetsushin Hino
Nao Omori Ume Maeda
Kazuki Kitamura Yuji Natsume
Jun Murakami Ken Igarashi
Masahiro Kobayashi Kunio Goto
Rio Yamashita Makoto Yokota

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