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Like a Dragon: Prologue
Genres
DramaCrime
Overview
In 1970s-era Japan, three children, Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and his younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama, are raised together in Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage. In the summer of 1980, Yumi Sawamura, a young girl whose parents were accidentally shot and killed during a gang's shootout, joins them in the orphanage. Following a yakuza tradition, the honorable Kazama secretly raises orphans whose parents he has directly or indirectly killed. In return, the children love him as a father and he eventually inducts the teenage Kiryu and Nishikiyama into the Dojima Family, a Tojo Clan affiliate of which he is a senior officer.
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
43 min
Release Date
2006-03-24
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Vote Count
10
Vote Average
6
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Masakatsu Funaki
Kazuma Kiryu
Mikio Osawa
Akira Nishikiyama
Ayaka Maeda
Yumi Sawamura
Harumi Sone
Sohei Dojima
Hirotaro Honda
Shintaro Kazama
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