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Amazing Grace

Amazing Grace

The greatest biker gang movie in the history of Japanese cinema, and the most sensitive yakuza movie.

Genres

Drama

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"Jonan City" is a rural town in the Kanto region. There were five young men who grew up in this small town. Katagiri Ren, Miyagi Taisei, Fujita Hideto, Takasaki Shinya, and Obayashi Yusuke. They were the 26th generation members of the Jonan Ikka biker gang, which has a long history in this town. They were known to the public as "delinquent". But above all else, these 18-year-old boys were bound together by a strong bond. Their way of life shone with the greatest brilliance, brandishing the "now" as their everything, their excess energy, and the crosses in their hearts that they could not bear.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

121 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

13 August 2011

Country

Cast

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Shunsuke Kubozuka

Daizô Miyata

Daizô Miyata

Sayaka Kanda

Sayaka Kanda

Kenta Kamakari

Kenta Kamakari

Zuimaro Awashima

Zuimaro Awashima

Yô Kamiyoshihara

Yô Kamiyoshihara

Hironari Ohshima

Hironari Ohshima

Takanori Hatakeyama

Takanori Hatakeyama

Mao Miyaji

Mao Miyaji

Miyu Oriyama

Miyu Oriyama

Takashi Nagayama

Takashi Nagayama

Risa Yoshiki

Risa Yoshiki

Sayaka Kato

Sayaka Kato

Hitomi Yoshida

Hitomi Yoshida

Yutaka Izumihara

Yutaka Izumihara

Noritsugu Ohshima

Noritsugu Ohshima

Bengaru

Bengaru

Kozo Sato

Kozo Sato

Manzo Shinra

Manzo Shinra

Tarō Suwa

Tarō Suwa

Minoru Torihada

Minoru Torihada

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Kiyohiko Shibukawa

Jun Miho

Jun Miho

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