Darc (film)

Darc
Directed by	Julius R. Nasso
Screenplay by	Tony Schiena
Produced by	Jeff Kranzdorf Lindsay Moffat Julius R. Nasso
Starring	Tony Schiena Armand Assante Sho Ikushima Kippei Shiina Tetsu Watanabe
Cinematography	Joel Ransom
Music by	Attilio Di Giovanni and Ilaria Della Bidia
Release date	May 1, 2018 (2018-05-1)
Running time	98 minutes [1]
Country	United States
Language	English / Japanese

Darc is a 2018 American action thriller film starring Tony Schiena, Armand Assante, Sho Ikushima, Kippei Shiina and Tetsu Watanabe.

Plot

To bring down a global human trafficking ring, an Interpol agent recruits the help of a brutal criminal with inside knowledge of the yakuza.

Cast

• Tony Schiena as Darc, the main protagonist of the movie, he is a brutal criminal with martial arts skills and an unquenchable thirst for revenge.
• Armand Assante as Lafique, an Interpol agent who seeks to take down a global human trafficking ring to save his own daughter.
• Sho Ikushima as Shigeru Kageyama (Nihongo: 影山茂, Kageyama Shigeru), a yakuza heir, son of Toshio Kageyama and grandson of Ginzo Kageyama, the powerful head (Oyabun/Kumicho) of Koda-kai. He is the one who hires Darc as his bodyguard after a confrontation with a rival gang.
• Kippei Shiina as Toshio Kageyama (Nihongo: 影山敏夫, Kageyama Toshio), the main antagonist of the movie, he is a Japanese businessman who is actually a high-ranking leader of the Koga-kai, a powerful yakuza syndicate and who is responsible for the murder of Darc's mother. He is also the son of Ginzo Kageyama and the father of Shigeru Kageyama.
• Tetsu Watanabe as Ginzo Kageyama (Nihongo: 影山銀蔵, Kageyama Ginzō), a powerful yakuza boss. He is the head of the Koga-kai, a powerful yakuza syndicate based in Japan and the US and has a bloody past involving the film's protagonist, Darc. He is also the father of Toshio Kageyama and grandfather of Shigeru Kageyama.

Accolades

Year	Festival	Award	Recipient	Result	Ref.
2017	Leo Awards	Best Musical Score in a Motion Picture	Matthew Rogers	Nominated	[2]

References

1. "Darc". British Board of Film Classification .
2. Leo Awards. "2017 Awards & Nominations".

External links

• Darc on Netflix
• Darc at IMDb
• Marah Alindogan (April 8, 2015). "Action Film Darc Rounds Out Cast With Armand Assante (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter.
• Cornelia Naylor (May 19, 2015). "Gangsters down on New Westminster film set". New Westminster Record.
• Adam H. (December 15, 2014). "ADAM H. lands in Tokyo to make music for the Feature Film DARC!". XOXO Entertainment Corp.