Bonds (1998)

5.6/10 123 min Crime Drama

Overview

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the wife of a boyhood chum, and the wife of another close friend takes an interest in Ise. A couple of murders later, Ise/Haga goes on the run and also sets out for revenge.

Cast

Koji Yakusho

Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga

Ken Watanabe

Detective Sako Akio

Yumi Aso

Yousuke Saito

Masashi Fuda

Houka Kinoshita

Shinji Miyake

Kumiko Tsuchiya

Chikako Fujishirô

Mansaku Ikeuchi

Detective Okubo

Yoshihiro Katō

Hiroshi Okahori

Masahiko Tsugawa

Deputy Superintendent Kohashi

Taketoshi Naitō

Mr. Soga

Haruko Katō

Mrs. Soga

Bengal

Doctor

Midori Hagio

Fumie Haga

Ken Tanaka

Haga

Isao Natsuyagi

Kunihiro Sasaki

Jamie McGonnigal

Ranmaru (voice)

Takeo Nakahara

Kazuo Kibe

Shinobu Tsuruta

Shigeru Nagatomi

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