Tekken (1990 film)

Tekken
Directed by	Junji Sakamoto
Produced by	Michio Akiyama, Genjiro Arato, Kaho Song
Written by	Junji Sakamoto
Starring	Takeshi Yamato, Bunta Sugawara, Karen Kirishima
Music by	Shigeru Umebayashi
Cinematography	Norimichi Kasamatsu
Release dates	1990 (1990)
Running time	128 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

Tekken is a 1990 Japanese film directed by Junji Sakamoto. It stars Takeshi Yamato, Bunta Sugawara and Karen Kirishima.

Plot

The plot centers around a young ex-prisoner who takes up boxing ("Tekken" is Japanese for "iron fist").

Bunta Sugawara won a Hochi Film Award for Best Actor for his performance.

This movie has no relation to the Tekken video game series or the video game based 2010 film counterpart, even using the same name.

Films directed by Junji Sakamoto

Dotsuitarunen (1989) Tekken (1990) Ōte (1991) Tokarefu (1994) Face (2000) New Battles Without Honor and Humanity (2000) KT (2002) My House (2003) Children of the Dark (2008) Zatoichi: The Last (2010) Strangers in the City (2010) Someday (2011) Human Trust (2013)

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