Film

Chaka: The Lonely Hitman

1998 · 1h 39m · Action · Thriller · Romance

A shocking true story by Yukio Yamanouchi, a man who knew the yakuza inside and out!

Shima (Riki Takeuchi), the right-hand man of his yakuza boss and renowned hitman, suffers from kidney disease. Interned in the hospital, he meets Junko, a nurse. When Shima is shot, she goes home and heals him. Gradually a relationship is formed between them and Junko gets pregnant. But Shima cannot escape the obligations of his clan and the disgust of Junko...

Riki Takeuchi

Shima

Miki Yoshimura

Junko

Houka Kinoshita

Emi aioi

Shun Sugata

Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi

Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi

Hiroto nakano

Kou Watanabe

Taiki makoto

Sakae Kimura

Akio Joe

Tomoatsu Tsuchihira

Kou fukuda

Yuuichi Sakiyama

Kenjirou Ishimaru

• Takeshi WatanabeDirector
• Toshiyuki MoriokaWriter
• Tomoko HôjôProducer
• Hideo SugimotoExecutive Producer
• Torsten RaschOriginal Music Composer
• Yoshinori OtaEditor

Release date

October 24, 1998

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 39m

Genres

Action, Thriller, Romance