Anego (1988)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Director:

Tatsuichi Takamori

Writers:

Goro Fujita (novel)
Sadao Nakajima (script)

Release Date:

9 November 1988 (Japan)

Genre:

Crime | Drama

Plot:

The widow of a murdered yakuza boss serves jail time for attacking the man she believes killed her husband. After her release, as she is shadowed by a hitman, she returns to thoughts of revenge.

Plot Keywords:

Widow | Yakuza | Based On Novel

Awards:

2 nominations

Cast

Hitomi Kuroki	...	Ai Konno
Hiroki Matsukata	...	Junichi Konno, Boss
Takeshi Kitano	...	Shoji Sugimoto, Hitman (as 'Beat' Takeshi)
Yoshiko Kayama	...	Sumie Yoshimoto (as Miko Kayama)
Tatsuo Nadaka	...	Hiroshi Katakura
Renji Ishibashi	...	Tsuyoshi Tanokura
Mari Shirato	...	Ayako
Tomoko Takabe	...	Kayo
Minori Terada	...	Yasuhiko Furumizo
Katsuhiko Watabiki	...	Masayuki Togawa
Chu Arai	...	Yamana
Masaru Shiga	...	Mihashi
Kanpei Hazama	...	Toyama
Ryuji Shinagawa	...	Tonomura
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Utae Shoji	...	Hiroshi's mother

Runtime:

101 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Company:

Toei Company

Trivia:

First in a popular series of yakuza films centering on female characters, usually peripheral in this genre.

Movie Connections:

References Junko intai kinen eiga: Kantô hizakura ikka (1972)