SANCTUARY is a live-action version of a popular Japanese comic book which was also adapted into an animated film (SANCTUARY: THE MOVIE). This straightforward adaptation follows the exploits of two young men who team up to wrest control of Japan from its aging, stagnant elite by going,
respectively, into politics and crime.
Two childhood buddies, Hojo and Asami, who together survived the horrors of Cambodia under Pol Pot, work from different ends to transform Japan's political and social structure. Hojo is a Yakuza (gangster) working his way up within the mob, while Asami works for Sakura, a senior member of the Diet
(Japan's parliament). With the help of a blac...
Released:
1995
Rated:
NR
Length:
103 mins