Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire

Tamaki's (Iwashita) husband is the head of the Idei clan, based in southern Osaka. As the film opens, punch-permed lieutenant Ginji (Riki Takeuchi) is killed while pumping iron. Following the hit, rumors and recriminations abound, slowly corroding the clan's cohesion. Ginji, it turns out, was mired in debt. After Ginji borrowed a small fortune to build a luxury resort, his bank went belly up and stopped financing the loan. Frantic for funds, he decided as a last resort to rat out his boss who had skimmed five-billion yen from the gang. Soon everyone assumes that Idei did the hit. Convinced that Idei is being framed, Tamaki sets out to find the real killer.

Release Date

March 26, 2005

Status

Released

Original Title

極道の妻たち 情炎

Runtime

1h 58min

Budget

Revenue

Language

Japanese

Production Companies

Yakuza Ladies series

Part of

Yakuza Ladies series

Includes: Yakuza Ladies, Yakuza Ladies 2, Yakuza Ladies 3, Yakuza Ladies: The Final Battle, Yakuza Ladies Revisited, Yakuza Ladies Revisited 2, Yakuza Ladies Revisited: Love is Hell, Yakuza Ladies: Blood Ties, Yakuza Ladies Revisited 5, Yakuza Ladies: Decision, Yakuza Ladies Neo, Yakuza Ladies 11, Yakuza Ladies: Burning Desire, Yakuza Ladies 8, Yakuza Ladies 9, Yakuza Ladies 10