is a 1990
Japanese film directed by
Junji Sakamoto
is a Japanese film director.
Career
After working as a set assistant or assistant director under such filmmakers as Sogo Ishii and Kazuyuki Izutsu, he made his directorial debut in 1989 with '' Dotsuitarunen'' (earning the Directors Guild of Ja ...
. It stars Takeshi Yamato,
Bunta Sugawara
was a Japanese actor who appeared in almost 200 feature films. Dropping out of Waseda University, he worked as a model before entering the film industry in 1956. After years of work, Sugawara finally established himself as a famous actor at the ...
and Karen Kirishima.
Plot
The plot centers around a young ex-prisoner who takes up boxing (''tekken'' is Japanese for "clenched fist").
Awards
Bunta Sugawara won a
Hochi Film Award
The are film-specific prizes awarded by the ''Hochi Shimbun
, previously known as , is a Japanese-language daily sports newspaper. In 2002, it had a circulation of a million copies a day.
It is an affiliate newspaper of ''Yomiuri Shimbun''.
...
for Best Actor for his performance.
Other uses
This film has no relation to the
Tekken video game series or the
video game based 2010 film counterpart, even using
the same name.
Another version was released in 2009.
External links
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1990 films
Films directed by Junji Sakamoto
1990s Japanese-language films
Films scored by Shigeru Umebayashi
1990s Japanese films
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