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Released
2006 · FILM

Like a Dragon: Prologue

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Written by
Runtime
43 min
Language
JA
DramaCrime

Synopsis

In 1970s Japan, three children—Kazuma Kiryu, Akira Nishikiyama, and Akira's younger sister, Yuko Nishikiyama—are raised together at Shintaro Kazama's Sunflower Orphanage. In the summer of 1980, Yumi Sawamura joins them after her parents are accidentally killed in a gang-related shootout. As part of a yakuza tradition, Kazama, an honorable figure, secretly raises orphans whose parents he has directly or indirectly caused to die. In return, the children come to regard him as a father figure, and he later inducts the teenage Kiryu and Nishikiyama into the Dojima Family, a Tojo Clan affiliate of which Kazama holds a senior position.

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Principal cast & crew: 8

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Scored by Kentaro Nojima

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