Paper Lantern

Action, Drama

🏆 Fan Favorite

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Shunichi Kajima

Status Released

Release Date 1987-05-23

Storyline

A new wave Yakuza film in which Takanori Jinnai plays a young Yakuza suffering from stomach cancer who has very little left to live. This film is based on the posthumous manuscript of Shoji Kaneko, the legendary director who died of cancer after completing work on the hit "Ryuji".