Like a Dragon: Prologue

2006 0h 43m JA

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★6.0TMDB · 13

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Synopsis

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In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage. In the summer of 1980, Yumi Sawamura, a young girl whose parents were accidentally shot and killed during a gang's shootout, joins them in the orphanage. Following a yakuza tradition, the honorable Kazama secretly raises orphans whose parents he has directly or indirectly killed. In return, the children love him as a father and he eventually inducts the teenage Kiryu and Nishikiyama into the Dojima Family, a Tojo Clan affiliate of which he is a senior officer.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Masakatsu Funaki
Kazuma Kiryu
Mikio Osawa
Akira Nishikiyama
Ayaka Maeda
Yumi Sawamura
Harumi Sone
Sohei Dojima
Hirotaro Honda
Shintaro Kazama

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takeshi Miyasaka
Writers: Masaru Nakamura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 43-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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3 / 7

CINEMA

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Part of the "Like a Dragon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Masakatsu Funaki and Mikio Osawa and Ayaka Maeda carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 7

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt6420528 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takeshi Miyasaka directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 43-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Part of the "Like a Dragon Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Masakatsu Funaki and Mikio Osawa and Ayaka Maeda carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt6420528 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 13 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.