Tomoyasu Hotei Movies
- 2002
Junji Sakamoto directs this taut spy thriller about the real-life abduction of Kim Dae Jung -- who would later be elected president of South Korea -- from a Tokyo hotel in 1973. Major Tomita (Koichi Sato) is a Japanese intelligence officer specializing in Korean matters. While tailing a North Korean spook, he learns that his attractive Korean teacher, Lee Jeong Mi (Yang Eun-yong), has been kidnapped by the South Korean Intelligence agency. Tomita negotiates for the freedom of Lee, who he learns was previously tortured by the same agency for protesting against strongman Park Jung Hee. Meanwhile, the Korean embassy gets the orders to kill Kim Dae Jung, known also by the codename "KT," who is living in exile in Japan. Tomita finds himself caught up in the scheme, privately realizing that the plot is wrong while participating nonetheless. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Starring:
- Koichi Sato, Kim Kab-soo, (more)
- 2000
Two old friends on opposite sides of the law are brought together under dangerous circumstances in a taut gangland drama from Japan. Kaneo and Chan-ryon are two men who grew up rough on the streets of Okinawa; when Kaneo accidentally burned down the office of a local crime boss, Chan-ryon saved his friend's life by killing a gangster who had come to take revenge against the boy. Thirty years later, the two have taken very different paths in life; Chan-ryon (Tomoyasu Hotei) is a respected businessman, while Kaneo has become a member of the criminal underworld, working for yakuza kingpin Awano (Ittoku Kishibe) of the powerful Sahashi clan. When the leader of the Sahashi family dies, Awano and fellow gangster Nakhira (Koichi Sato) find themselves battling over control of the business, and Kaneo has to step in to protect Chan-ryon, who finds himself caught in the middle of a gang war against his will. Shin Jinginaki Tatakai is based on a story by Koichi Iiboshi, which was previously filmed in 1973. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Etsushi Toyokawa, Tomoyasu Hotei, (more)
Simultaneous parodying and paying tribute to classic Japanese samurai films, Samurai Fiction marries a knowing satire of the dramatic elements of movies about traditional Japanese warriors with exciting, straightforward fight sequences. In 1696, the Shogun's samurai keep the peace in a divided land as Inukai (Mitsuru Fukikoshi) studies the way of the warrior. The son of his clan's hereditary leader, Inukai has a short temper and isn't especially smart; when his clan's prized traditional sword is stolen by their nemesis, Kazamatsuri (Tomoyasu Hotei), he's sent to look for it, but just to be safe, two other samurai are sent along -- Kurosawa and Suzuki. Kazamatsuri, however, makes short work of the two veteran warriors, and Inukai escaped, wounded, to the home of Mizoguchi (Morio Kazama). Mizoguchi welcomes him into his home, espousing the virtues of pacifisms, while his lovely daughter Koharu (Tamaki Ogawa) nurses him back to health. However, after Kazamatsuri re-emerges as a bodyguard for a female gambling tycoon, Okatsu (Mari Natsuki), Inukai realized he must meet Kazamatsuri again for a final battle. Tomoyasu Hotei, who plays the villain, is also a popular and acclaimed guitarist in Japan, and he also scored this film. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Starring:
- Morio Kazama, Mitsuru Fukikoshi, (more)
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