@celeste_writes
A patient, formally daring work — the cinematography lingers on empty rooms longer than most audiences will tolerate, but those who stay are rewarded with the most haunting final act of the year.
Barely scraping by making an honest living as a rural yakuza, Hachiya (Yasukaze Motomiya) dreams of the City of Flowers. Unable to conceal their growing frustration at their everyday lives, he and his partner, Sagane (Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi), choose to pursue their own paths as yakuza, hiding a new major source of income from the family. But when the family captain (Kazuyoshi Ozawa) shows up for the first time in ten years...
Quick Stats
7.0
TMDB Rating
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1h 24m
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Key Crew
DirectorMasahiro Asao
WriterKatsumi Hayashi
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Critics & Reviews
3 featured@jhalberg
I walked in expecting another genre exercise and walked out feeling like I'd been eavesdropping on a confession. The lead performance is genuinely singular — a career-defining turn.
@priya_a
A few too many scenes feel borrowed from a better film, but the soundtrack and the production design carry the rest. Solid recommendation for fans of slow-burn European thrillers.
Cast
Yasukaze Motomiya
Torata Hachiya
Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi
Tsuyoshi Sagane
Kazuyoshi Ozawa
Yamazaki
Masaru Matsuda
Miura
Daisuke Nagakura
Dainari
Eiichi Furui
Komada
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Junpei
Terui
Yuto Nakano
Fujioka
Keisaku Kimura
Lee
M
Makoto Kurami
