Ryuji
1983·Crime·1h 32m
7.1
★
Ryuji tries quitting the yakuza to actively support his wife and daughter; as he's used to easy money, it's a difficult transition.
Directed by Tōru Kawashima
gangster
yakuza
life of crime
Trailer
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Cast
Eiko Nagashima
Mariko Hanashiro
Koji Kita
Hiroshi
Kinzō Sakura
Nao
Masataka Iwao
Sekiya
Asami Ogawa
Takashi Sasano
Akira Takahashi
Gin Pun Chou
Kansai Eto
Crew
Junji Sakamoto
Assistant Director
Popular Reviews
2 reviews
shiv
7.0★ · 01/09/26
seventh log of japanuary.
to change is hard. to be good is even harder.
ryuji is about a yakuza who quits his gang to focus on his small family, though it’s hard when you’ve been living dishonestly for such a long time. the film itself is pretty mundane, showing ryuji’s life during and after the yakuza with a slower pace and far less thrilling action than i expected. i like that the story doesn’t sugarcoat things: people won’t magically fix themselves permanently. it takes time. a long time or maybe they'll never truly change at all.
to change is hard. to be good is even harder.
ryuji is about a yakuza who quits his gang to focus on his small family, though it’s hard when you’ve been living dishonestly for such a long time. the film itself is pretty mundane, showing ryuji’s life during and after the yakuza with a slower pace and far less thrilling action than i expected. i like that the story doesn’t sugarcoat things: people won’t magically fix themselves permanently. it takes time. a long time or maybe they'll never truly change at all.
seventh log of japanuary.
to change is hard. to be good is even harder.
ryuji is about a yakuza who quits his gang to focus on his small family, though it’s hard when you’ve been living dishonestly for such a long time. the film itself is pretty mundane, showing ryuji’s life during and after the yakuza with a slower pace and far less thrilling action than i expected. i like that the story doesn’t sugarcoat things: people won’t magically fix themselves permanently. it takes time. a long time or maybe they'll never truly change at all.
to change is hard. to be good is even harder.
ryuji is about a yakuza who quits his gang to focus on his small family, though it’s hard when you’ve been living dishonestly for such a long time. the film itself is pretty mundane, showing ryuji’s life during and after the yakuza with a slower pace and far less thrilling action than i expected. i like that the story doesn’t sugarcoat things: people won’t magically fix themselves permanently. it takes time. a long time or maybe they'll never truly change at all.
michael
0.8★ · 06/10/25