Crossfire

Crossfire


クロスファイア
Kurosufaia
Crossfire
Also known as Pyrokinesis
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Original Story Miyuki Miyabe
Screenplay Kota Yamada
Masahiro Yokotani
Shusuke Kaneko
Music Ko Otani
Photography Kenji Takama
Art Toshio Miike
Sound Kazuo Miyauchi
Lighting Kaoru Saito
Editor Isao Tomita
Production Companies Toho, TBS
Release Date June 10, 2000
Runtime 115 minutes

クロスファイア
Kurosufaia
Crossfire
Director Shusuke Kaneko
Original Story Miyuki Miyabe
Screenplay Kota Yamada
Masahiro Yokotani
Shusuke Kaneko
Music Ko Otani
Photography Kenji Takama
Art Toshio Miike
Sound Kazuo Miyauchi
Lighting Kaoru Saito
Editor Isao Tomita
Also known as Pyrokinesis
Production Companies Toho, TBS
Release Date June 10, 2000
Runtime 115 minutes

Aoki is a lonely woman who has isolated herself because of her hidden power: the ability to start fires with her mind. Things begin to change when she meeds Tada, a handsome man at her office. Tada invites Aoki to a party, where Aoki meets Tada’s younger sister, Yukie. On her way home that night, Yukie is abducted and murdered by a gang of youths. Aoki decides to come forward to Tada regarding her powers so that they can seek revenge.

Aoki attacks one of the youths in a park, but is stopped by Tada before she can kill him. Tada is not willing to let either of them become murderers for Yukie’s sake. Aoki withdraws back to her solitary life, only to be disturbed by Yasuaki, another gifted person with the ability to read minds. He claims to also be investigating the murders, and offers to help her. With his help, Aoki manages to eliminate most of the gang’s members, but only becomes further embroiled in the scandal. She meets another firestarter, Kaori, and in trying to protect her from the dangerous events Aoki comes to realize how wrong her actions are.

The gangs are receiving orders from a corrupt police official, Hasegawa. Hasegawa is also behind Yasuaki, who has kidnapped Kaori. Yasuaki lures Aoki to a theme park, where he coerces Kaori to duel her with fire. A large explosion seemingly kills Aoki, and Hasegawa immediately has Yasuaki killed. When Aoki emerges from the flames unharmed, Hasegawa becomes desperate. Tada arrives and tries to protect Aoki, but Aoki is shot by Hasegawa. Aoki disappears in a cloud of flame. Hasegawa later gives a briefing regarding the murder cases, pinning the blame on Aoki among others. Hasegawa suddenly bursts into flame on live television, as Tada and Kaori are watching. It would seem that Aoki was not entirely dead…

Top Billed Cast

Akiko Yada
Junko Aoki
Hideaki Ito
Kazuki Tada
Ryuji Harada
Yasuaki Makihara
Masami Nagasawa
Kaori Kurata
Hisashi Yoshizawa
Koichi Kido
Hidenori Tokuyama
Masaki Kogure
Renji Ishibashi
Eiji Nosaka
Hirotaro Honda
Kozo Kogure
Maya Hamaoka
Yukie Tada
Mariko Tsutsui
Miyuki Aoki
Yukijiro Hotaru
Toshimitsu Asaba
Toshiyuki Nagashima
Yoshihiro Hasegawa
Kaori Momoi
Chikako Ishizu

Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Ayako Fujitani
Waitress
Rumi Kusakabe
Natsuko Mita
Minoru Maebara
Homeless Man
Hiroyuki Miyasako
Hustler
Kaoru Mizuki
Nursing Home Staff
Shinobu Nakayama
News Editor
Shiro Namiki
Police Executive
Masahiko Sakata
Detective
Shosuke Tanihara
Yutaka Fujiki
Koichi Ueda
Riot Police
Top Billed Cast

Junko Aoki
Akiko Yada

Kazuki Tada
Hideaki Ito

Yasuaki Makihara
Ryuji Harada

Kaori Kurata
Masami Nagasawa

Koichi Kido
Hisashi Yoshizawa

Masaki Kogure
Hidenori Tokuyama

Eiji Nosaka
Renji Ishibashi

Kozo Kogure
Hirotaro Honda

Yukie Tada
Maya Hamaoka

Miyuki Aoki
Mariko Tsutsui

Toshimitsu Asaba
Yukijiro Hotaru

Yoshihiro Hasegawa
Toshiyuki Nagashima

Chikako Ishizu
Kaori Momoi
Rest of Cast Listed Alphabetically

Waitress
Ayako Fujitani

Natsuko Mita
Rumi Kusakabe

Homeless Man
Minoru Maebara

Hustler
Hiroyuki Miyasako

Nursing Home Staff
Kaoru Mizuki

News Editor
Shinobu Nakayama

Police Executive
Shiro Namiki

Detective
Masahiko Sakata

Yutaka Fujiki
Shosuke Tanihara

Riot Police
Koichi Ueda