Bonds (絆) 25 years old

Tetsuro Haga is a troubled gangster, living under the assumed identity Ise for ten years, to escape jail for gunning down his cruel adoptive father. His life begins to unravel when a journalist following him takes an interest in the wife of a boyhood chum, and the wife of another close friend takes an interest in Ise. A couple of murders later, Ise/Haga goes on the run and also sets out for revenge.

Credits

Bonds Cast

Name Character
Ken Watanabe He was 38, now 64 years old as Detective Sako Akio
Kōji Yakusho He was 42, now 68 years old as Takaaki Ise / Tetsuro Haga
Houka Kinoshita as Shinji Miyake
Takeo Nakahara He was 46, now 72 years old as Kazuo Kibe
Mansaku Ikeuchi He was 26, now 52 years old as Detective Okubo
Katsuo Nakamura He was 60, now 86 years old as Makoto Kayano
Haruko Kato She was 75, now 101 years old as Mrs. Soga
Isao Natsuyagi He was 58, 73 years old when he died as Kunihiro Sasaki
Yōsuke Saito He was 10, now 36 years old as Masashi Fuda
Masahiko Tsugawa He was 58, 78 years old when he died as Deputy Superintendent Kohashi
Bengaru as Doctor
Taketoshi Naito He was 71, 86 years old when he died as Mr. Soga
Yoshihiro Kato as Hiroshi Okahori
Ken Tanaka as Haga

Bonds Crew

Name Department
Akira Suzuki as Editor. He was 67 (83) years old when He died Editing
Osame Maruike as Director of Photography. Camera
Kyôko Heya as Production Design. Art
Okihiro Yoneda as Assistant Director. He was 44 (now 69) years old Directing
Kichitaro Negishi as Director. He was 47 (now 73) years old Directing
Haruhiko Arai as Screenplay. He was 51 (now 77) years old Writing
Hideyuki Honma as Producer. He was 39 (now 65) years old Production
Kazuo Miyauchi as Sound Recordist. He was 57 (now 83) years old Sound
Bonds poster
Bonds (25 years)

  • Release day: Saturday, June 06, 1998
  • Runtime: 123 minutes