Kamikaze Taxi

April. 29,1995      
Rating:
7.6
Trailer Synopsis Cast

A young foot soldier in the yakuza seeks revenge when his prostitute girlfriend dies after a session with a high-ranking Japanese politician with a taste for torture. He sets out on a 'kamikaze' mission to kill his bosses and the politician; along the way, he acquires the aid of a taxi driver who has recently returned to Japan after living in South America for several decades and is struggling to cope with poverty and the prejudices of native-born Japanese.

Koji Yakusho as  Kazumasa Kantake
Kazuya Takahashi as  Tatsuo
Mickey Curtis as  Animaru
Reiko Kataoka as  Tama
Taketoshi Naitō as  Domon
Ken'ichi Yajima as  Ishida
Tomorowo Taguchi as  Chaplin
Toshie Negishi as  Loud-mouthed taxi passenger

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Reviews

Protraph
1995/04/29

Lack of good storyline.

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ChanFamous
1995/04/30

I wanted to like it more than I actually did... But much of the humor totally escaped me and I walked out only mildly impressed.

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Derrick Gibbons
1995/05/01

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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Dana
1995/05/02

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

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