Shōji Kaneko
Know for: Writing
Born: 1949-12-19
Place of birth: Tsuwaji Island, Nakajima-Cho, Ehime, Japan
Also know as:
Ryuji (1983)
Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.
Summer of the Lion Kings (1991)
Katsu, who belongs to the Murai group of the Sakagami Union, was frustrated by the distance from the yakuza world he had envisioned. At that time,...
Two Punks (1996)
Centering on a young drifter almost casually drawn into violence--a crime drama about a boy and a man equally ill-equipped for criminal life and...
Paper Lantern (1987)
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...
Chi-n-pi-ra (1984)
Shibuya, Tokyo. Yoichi and Michio are a pair of hoodlums who make their living as bookies at horse races. One day, Yoichi's companion commits a...
Ryuji (1983)
Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.