Country: Japan
Year: 1996
Duration: 80'
Kenji is a young unemployed man who does not have much to do to fill up his days. One day he meets Yasuo in a rcstaurant. Yasuo had just been released from four years in prison. At the end of their encounter, Yasuo kills Sakanashi, who was guilty of lying to him. While Yasuo was in prison, Sakanashi had told him that their gang had broken up and their boss had been killed. Before Yasuo goes off to look for the boss, he entrusts Kenji with his sister, Yuri, and with a satchel. The three are to meet later in a drivein. In the meantime, Yasuo kills a policeman. While Kenji and Yuri wait for Yasuo to arrive, the situation in the drivein deteriorates.
Biography
film director
Shinji Aoyama
Aoyama Shinji (Fukuoka, 1964) got his start in the world of cinema at an early age, right after graduating from university. He later worked as assistant director for Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Fridrik Thor Fridriksson and Daniel Schmid. He has made twelve full-length films which have been presented at major international festivals, gaining critical success and winning prestigious prizes in Cannes and Singapore. Almost all his works have been presented in various sections at the Torino Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Kyokasho ni nai! (1995), Helpless (1996), Chinpira (Two Punks, 1996), Waga mune ni kyoki ari (1996), Wild Life (1997), Tsumetai chi (Obsession, 1997), Sheidi gurobu (Shady Grove, 1999), Enbamingu (Embalming, 1999), June 12 1998 (1999), Eureka (2000), Tsuki no sabaku (Desert Moon, 2001), Shiritsu tantei Hama Mike: Namae no nai mori (Mike Yokoama: A Foorest With No Name, 2002).
Cast
& Credits
Director and screenplay: Aoyama Shinji.
Director of photography: Tamura Masaki.
Art director: Isornì Toshihiro.
Editor: Kakesu Shuichi.
Music: Yamada Isao, Aoyama Shinji.
Sound: Takizawa Osamu.
Cast and characters: Asano Tadanobu (Kenji), Mitsuishi Ken (Yasuo), Tsuji Kaori (Yuri), Saito Yoichiro (Akihiko), Nagasawa Toshiya (Sakanashi), Isayama Hiroko (cameriera), Suwa Taro (cuoco).
Produttori: Sento Takenori, Kobayashi Koji.
Production company: Wowow + Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., 211 Irifune, Chuoku, Tokyo 140, Japan, tel. +81355438069, fax +81355438084.
Foreign sales agent: Bitters End Inc., 145306 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuyaku, Tokyo 150, Japan, tel. +81334620345, fax +81-334620621.
Director of photography: Tamura Masaki.
Art director: Isornì Toshihiro.
Editor: Kakesu Shuichi.
Music: Yamada Isao, Aoyama Shinji.
Sound: Takizawa Osamu.
Cast and characters: Asano Tadanobu (Kenji), Mitsuishi Ken (Yasuo), Tsuji Kaori (Yuri), Saito Yoichiro (Akihiko), Nagasawa Toshiya (Sakanashi), Isayama Hiroko (cameriera), Suwa Taro (cuoco).
Produttori: Sento Takenori, Kobayashi Koji.
Production company: Wowow + Bandai Visual Co. Ltd., 211 Irifune, Chuoku, Tokyo 140, Japan, tel. +81355438069, fax +81355438084.
Foreign sales agent: Bitters End Inc., 145306 Sakuragaokacho, Shibuyaku, Tokyo 150, Japan, tel. +81334620345, fax +81-334620621.
