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KAMIKAZE TAXI

Year: 1995
Country: Japan
Run Time: 127 minutes

KAMIKAZE TAXI

Masato Harada boldly criticizes the racism, sexism, and fascism that permeates the power structures of contemporary Japan in this combination yakusa (gangland) thriller/road movie. KAMIKAZE TAXI tells of Matsuo, a hired gun who is promoted to be the personal provider of women to his boss. But, when Matsuo's own girlfeind becomes the target of a gang hit, he decides to rob the boss in revenge. A Brazillian/Japanese taxi driver helps Matsuo to flee after the robbery, but the yakuzi are on his trail. KAMIKAZE TAXI is alternately frantic and leisurely as Matsuo attempts to keep one step ahead of the gang and builds up a grudging admiration for his foreign companion. Violent in its implication but avoiding scenes of graphic physical brutality, it is also a funny and engaging film with a finale that successfully incorporates realism and a comic strip heroism to fine effect.

Screenplay
Masato Harada

Director
Masato Harada

Producer
Susumu Tanaka

Editing
Hirohide Abe

Principal Cast
Kazuya Takahashi, Kohji Yakusho, Reiko Kataoka, Kenishi Yajima

Film Contact

Pony Canyon INC.
2-1-1 Irifune/ Chuo-Ku, Tokyo 104/ Japan? tel: (81-3) 3555-6652
fax: (81-3) 3555-6850

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