The Outsider
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza. In 1954, nine years after the pacific war, Nick Lowell is the only non-Japanese inmate in an Osaka prison.…
The Outsider
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza. In 1954, nine years after the pacific war, Nick Lowell is the only non-Japanese inmate in an Osaka prison. Most of his fellow inmates are yakuza criminals, recognizable by their irezumi tattoos. Nick saves a yakuza named Kiyoshi from being hanged to death; the Shiromatsu, a yakuza clan to which Kiyoshi belongs, repays his debt by arranging Nick's release.
The Outsider
Crime,Drama,Thriller
Film Details
An epic set in post-WWII Japan and centered on an American former G.I. who joins the yakuza. In 1954, nine years after the pacific war, Nick Lowell is the only non-Japanese inmate in an Osaka prison.
Most of his fellow inmates are yakuza criminals, recognizable by their irezumi tattoos. Nick saves a yakuza named Kiyoshi from being hanged to death; the Shiromatsu, a yakuza clan to which Kiyoshi belongs, repays his debt by arranging Nick's release..