

Black Angel
1998-05-30 · 107 min · ★ 6.4
Tokyo is a dark technopolis, a city of faceless chrome and cold marble. It is ruled by Nogi, a yakuza boss specializing in drugs and murder. He gained absolute power by executing the former boss and marrying his daughter, Chiaki. Only the mysterious Ikko, Chiaki's half-sister threatens him. Inspired by a legendary hit-woman, Ikko calls herself the Black Angel and plans to wash away her father's murderer with a deluge of blood.
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- Directors
- Takashi Ishii
- Production companies
- Shochiku
- Countries
- Japan
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Riona HazukiIkko Amaoka
Reiko TakashimaMayo
Miyuki OnoChiaki Amaoka
Jinpachi NezuGoro Nogi
Kippei ShiinaShinichi Onda
Yoshiyuki YamaguchiJill
Hideo MurotaMitsuru Amaoka
Shingo TsurumiNarusawa
Daisuke IijimaNoburo Yasuda
Noriko HayamiAsami
Reiko KataokaKotani
Ren OsugiKusakabe
Shun Nakayama
Shigeo Kobayashi
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