
Shinjuku Incident(2009)
A simple Chinese immigrant wages a perilous war against one of the most powerful criminal organizations on the planet.

A young man named Tatsumi Karasawa suddenly rises in the criminal world of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and becomes the leader of a group of amateurs who show no reluctance to face police and gangs alike. His successes in the Tokyo underground make a chief and a yakuza boss plot a conspiracy to eliminate him.

Shinji Kasahara
Tatsumi Karasawa

Yoshihiko Hakamada
Itami

Kenichi Endo
Kuribayashi

Sora Aoi
Maria
HEAT -Incandescence- PART I is a drama, action, crime film released in 2004 exploring themes of yakuza, shinjuku, gang warfare. Directed by Takeshi Yokoi, it stars Shinji Kasahara, Yoshihiko Hakamada, Kenichi Endo. A young man named Tatsumi Karasawa suddenly rises in the criminal world of Shinjuku, Tokyo, and becomes the leader of a group of amateurs who show no reluctance to face police and gangs alike. His successes in the Tokyo underground make a chief and a yakuza boss plot a conspiracy to eliminate him.
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