Movie: Film Noir

Top 6 Billed Cast

Ryo Ishibashi
石橋凌

Yuji Hamazaki

Nene Otsuka
大塚寧々

Kazuko - Yuji's wife

Ken Ogata
緒形拳

Client

Ken Mitsuishi
光石研

Kimio Komatsu

Sanshō Shinsui
深水三章

Taxi Driver

Takashi Yamamoto
山本天志

Yasushi Hasegawa

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    The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the snow that surrounds them. The take on Melville's "Samoraï" from -67 is obvious, but Kobayashi turns the image around and portrays the killer as the weakest person in the movie - haunted by his demanding wife and the moaning contractor, who is one of the most mysterious characters ever portrayed in a movie.

  • Release Date

    2000-11-04

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    日本語

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