Jingi 38: The Bullet of Ambition

Cinephile deep dive

The take

Noboru Matsui directs. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

• 1Released 22 years ago.
• 2Part of the "Jingi Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
• 3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
• 4Riki Takeuchi and Toshihiko Sakakibara and Ryuji Katagiri carry the top of the cast.
• 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

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Status

Released

Original language

JA

Part of

Jingi Collection

Jingi Collection

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  Jingi

  1991
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  Jingi 2

  1994
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  Jingi 3

  1994
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  Jingi 4

  1995
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  Jingi 5

  1995
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  Jingi 6: Full Overkill War

  1995
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  Jingi 7: Proxy War Outbreak

  1996
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  Jingi 8: Intensified Internal Conflict

  1996
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  Jingi 9: Revenge War of the Reaper

  1996
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  Jingi 10: Bloody Proxy War

  1996
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  Jingi 11: Hokuriku Yakuza Hunting

  1997
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  Jingi 12: Bloody Territory (Shima)

  1997
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  Jingi 13: Hell's Tomb Mark

  1997
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  Jingi 14: Fund Robbery

  1998
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  Jingi 15: Female Leopard Attack

  1998
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  Jingi 16: Betrayal Ammunition

  1998
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  Jingi 17: The Beast of Killing All

  1998
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  Jingi 18: The Price of the Rebellion

  1998
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  Jingi 19: Killing Army

  1999
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  Jingi 20: Betrayal Reward

  1999
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  Jingi 21: Yakuza Decade War

  1999
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  Jingi 22: Crazy Beast

  1999
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  Jingi 23: Bodyguard

  2000
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  Jingi 24: Rebel Hunting

  2000
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  Jingi 25: Bloody Rule

  2000
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  Jingi 26: Conflict and Ambition

  2000
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  Jingi: Prologue

  2001
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  Jingi 27: Revenge Bullet

  2001
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  Jingi 28: Bone and Meat Rule

  2001
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  Jingi 29: Gokudo Corpse Robbery

  2001
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  Jingi 30: In-law Cemetery

  2002
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  Jingi 31: Boryokudan Re-armed

  2002
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  Jingi 32: The Price of Betrayal

  2002
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  Jingi 33: Gokudo Revenge War

  2002
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  Jingi 37: Code of Retribution

  2003
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  Jingi 36: Ammunition of the Rebellion

  2003
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  Jingi 34: Killing Reward

  2003
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  Jingi 35: Ambition Compensation

  2003
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  Jingi 38: The Bullet of Ambition

  2004 · this one
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  Jingi 39: Bloodstained Gravestone

  2004
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  Jingi 40: Bullet of Retribution

  2004
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  Jingi 41: Rule of Cruelness

  2004
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  Jingi 42: The Bonds of Brotherhood

  2005
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  Jingi 43: Bloody Conflict

  2005
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  Jingi 44: The Summit War Begins

  2005
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  Jingi 45: The Kanto War Ignites

  2005
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  Jingi 46: Internal War Erupts

  2007
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  Jingi 47: Yakuza Retaliation War

  2007
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  Jingi 48: Intensified Emblem War

  2007
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  Jingi 49: The Final Yakuza War

  2008
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  Jingi 50: Final Chapter

  2008
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  Jingi 52: Chapter of Rebellion

  2009
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  Jingi 51: Chapter of Blood and Code

  2009
• 
  Jingi: Legend Of Battle Heroes Episode 1

  2012
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  Jingi: Legend Of Battle Heroes Episode 2

  2012
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  Jingi: Legend Of Battle Heroes Episode 3

  2014
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  Jingi: Legend Of Battle Heroes Episode 4

  2014

Also by

Noboru Matsui

• 
  Gekisou Sentai Carranger

  1996 · ★ 9.3
• 
  Kamen Rider Black RX

  1988 · ★ 9.1
• 
  Jingi 13: Hell's Tomb Mark

  1997 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Mirai Sentai Timeranger

  2000 · ★ 8.0
• 
  Hyakujuu Sentai Gaoranger

  2001 · ★ 7.5
• 
  Jingi 23: Bodyguard

  2000 · ★ 6.5

Key crew

Release history · US

When it landed

• Physical2004-01-01