Aiki (2002) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2002 · 119 mins · Japanese

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Directed by

Daisuke Tengan

Starring

Tatsuya Gashûin, Tomorowo Taguchi, Masatoshi Nagase, Shirô Sano, Ryo Ishibashi, Yoji Tanaka

A promising young boxer suffers a crippling car accident and spirals into dissipation and depression. Rejected by boxing rings and martial‑arts clubs, he eventually meets an Aiki‑jujitsu master who designs wheelchair‑adapted techniques for him. The story shifts from a bleak beginning to an uplifting series of epiphanies, showing that his circumstances are not as hopeless as they appear.