Banyuki
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Banyuki

6.0 / 10 2009 3h 2mNR Japanese
DramaAction

Storyline

A story of an island country named Horai that was finally about to be integrated under one political administration. Domon DATE, an innocent man confined in a prison island. After 10 years of imprisonment, he kept his sanity by dreaming of retaliating against those who framed him up. He breaks the prison with the help of a man incarcerated in the deepest corner of the prison island. The man identified himself as Saji. His steady road to revenge was obstructed by a woman named Mikoto, the once fiancée of his. Can Domon get his revenge? Who is the man who identified himself as Saji? What are the hidden thoughts of Mikoto?

Cast & Crew

Takaya Kamikawa

Takaya Kamikawa

Lead
Izumi Inamori

Izumi Inamori

Masato Sakai

Masato Sakai

Saji

Taichi Saotome

Taichi Saotome

Jun Hashimoto

Jun Hashimoto

Shoko Takada

Shoko Takada

Makoto Awane

Makoto Awane

Takaya Yamauchi

Takaya Yamauchi

What People Are Saying

3.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Hidenori Inoue's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. Banyuki is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker