In a world where vendettas are officially sanctioned, the people sometimes needed help in carrying out their vengeance. Sanada Hiroyuki stars as Sukeroku the Helper, a ‘cool and rambling yakuza’ that has made a business out of helping victims carry out their revenge. When he returns to his hometown to pay a visit to his mother’s grave he meets a deadly ronin who carries a secret which eventually leads him into a vendetta of his own.
Released: Feb 16, 2002
Runtime: 88 minutes
Stars: Hiroyuki Sanada, Kyoka Suzuki, Takehiro Murata, Tatsuya Nakadai, Shingo Tsurumi, Hirotaro Honda
Crew: Kihachi Okamoto (Director), Yoshinobu Nishioka (Producer), Daisaku Ikuta (Novel), Mineko Okamoto (Producer), Kihachi Okamoto (Writer), Akimasa Kawashima (Editor)