Firebrands
2012, Japanese. Directed by Masahiro Asao.
Barely scraping by making an honest living as a rural yakuza, Hachiya (Yasukaze Motomiya) dreams of the City of Flowers. Unable to conceal their growing frustration at their everyday lives, he and his partner, Sagane (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), choose to pursue their own paths as yakuza, hiding a new major source of income from the family. But when the family captain (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) shows up for the first time in ten years...
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Japanese
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- Released
- 20 October 2012
- Original title
- 武闘派
- Written by
- Katsumi Hayashi
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Firebrands runs 84 minutes (1h 24m).
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Firebrands isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 20 October 2012. (Checked 3 November 2026.)
What movies are like Firebrands?
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Who directed Firebrands?
Firebrands (2012) was directed by Masahiro Asao and stars Yasukaze Motomiya, Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi Ozawa.