| Kamikaze Taxi | |
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| Directed by | Masato Harada |
| Written by | Masato Harada |
| Produced by | Akio Nanjo Kazunori Okada Narihiko Yoshida Susumu Tanaka Yoshinori Moniwa |
| Starring | Kōji Yakusho Kazuya Takahashi Reiko Kataoka Takeshi Caesar Mickey Curtis Taketoshi Naito |
| Edited by | Hirohide Abe |
| Music by | Masahiro Kawasaki |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
Kamikaze Taxi (stylized as KAMIKAZE TAXI in Japan) is a 1995 Japanese action and crime film by director Masato Harada. The film is about Tatsuo (Kazuya Takahashi), a gangster and pimp who sends out his only prostitute (Reiko Kataoka) to service a politician. When she returns beaten, Tatsuo's girlfriend complains but is killed by crime boss Animaru (Mickey Curtis). Tatsuo seeks revenge as he and his gang vandalize the politician's house and steal money. In retaliation, Tatsuo's bosses put a hit out on them. He flees, riding in the taxi driven by a Peruvian Japanese named Kantake (Kōji Yakusho). The film was shown at the 1995 London Film Festival and actor Mickey Curtis won the Kinema Junpo Award for best supporting actor in 1996 for his work in the film.