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Kamikaze Taxi is a 1995 Japanese action and crime film by director Masato Harada. The film is about Tatsuo, a gangster and pimp who sends out his only prostitute to service a politician. When she returns beaten, Tatsuo's girlfriend complains but is killed by crime boss Animaru. Tatsuo seeks revenge as he and his gang vandalize the politician's house and steal money. In retaliation, Tatsuo's bosses put a hit out on them. He flees, riding in the taxi driven by a Peruvian Japanese named Kantake. The film was shown at the 1995 London Film Festival and actor Mickey Curtis won the Kinema Junpo Award for best supporting actor in 1996 for his work in the film.