The Five (1995)

Directed by

Takashi Ishii

How it feels

A Tokyo club owner named Bandai owes money to the Yakuza and has no way to pay. He puts together a team of five desperate people to rob the Yakuza. The group includes a former cop, a jobless office worker, a drug addict, and a con artist, and they plan the heist in detail.

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