GONIN
1995 1h 49m movie Film Japan

GONIN

Synopsis

Five men plot to steal a large sum of money from the local yakuza, but everything does not go as planned and the men find themselves hunted down by contract killers.

The 1994–1996 Japan Window

143 Japan films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. GONIN sits at position #92.

  1. Romeo and the Black Brothers
    #1

    Romeo and the Black Brothers

    ★ 8.9 · 1995

  2. Furuhata Ninzaburo
    #2

    Furuhata Ninzaburo

    ★ 8.8 · 1994

  3. Neon Genesis Evangelion
    #3

    Neon Genesis Evangelion

    ★ 8.6 · 1995

  4. Long Vacation
    #4

    Long Vacation

    ★ 8.6 · 1996

  5. Rurouni Kenshin
    #5

    Rurouni Kenshin

    ★ 8.5 · 1996

  6. Magic Knight Rayearth
    #6

    Magic Knight Rayearth

    ★ 8.5 · 1994

  7. Hell Teacher Nube
    #7

    Hell Teacher Nube

    ★ 8.4 · 1996

  8. Martian Successor Nadesico
    #8

    Martian Successor Nadesico

    ★ 8.4 · 1996

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with GONIN. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Other Titles From Shochiku

The 1990s Japan Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 1990s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when GONIN premiered. 447 total titles in this decade from Japan.

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Reception Benchmarks

6.6
TMDB Rating
43
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #2,948 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.3 points below the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Action productions specifically: #1,166 of 1,714 (top 68%).

Production Details

Primary Country Japan
Original Language Japanese
Production Companies Shochiku, Image Factory IM Co. Ltd.
Runtime 1h 49m
Release Date September 23, 1995
IMDb tt0113194

Themes & Motifs

  • robbery
  • yakuza
  • debt
  • violence action
  • violence

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