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A bathhouse doubles as a front for a Yakuza murders
Despite having graduated from the prestigious Tokyo University, Kazuhiko is unemployed and living with his parents without any plans for the future. Everything changes, however, when he takes up a job at a local bathhouse and discovers that it is used by the yakuza as a convenient place for executions and corpse disposal.
Winner of the Best Director Award at the 2018 Tokyo International Film Festival: Japanese Cinema Splash, this auspicious debut from writer/director Seiji Tanaka features an ingenious script full of unexpected shifts in genre and tone, effortlessly swinging between black comedy, coming-of-age romance and crime thriller.
Winner – Best Director, Tokyo Film Festival Winner – Best Debut Feature, Udine Far East Film Festival Winner – Audience Award, Japan Cuts Film Festival Winner – Audience Award, Nippon Connection Winner – Audience Award, Asian Pop-Up Cinema Winner – Jury Award, Camera Japan
Special Features:
Dual Format (Both DVD and Bluray included)
Behind the Scenes
Q&A with director and cast
Melancholic Short Film
Trailer
Director: Seiji Tanaka Cast: Mebuki Yoshida, Yoji Minagawa, Yoshitomo Isozaki Genre: Black Comedy, Crime Thriller Language: Japanese (with English subtitles) Country: Japan Year: 2018 Runtime: 113 minutes Region: B and 2 (dual format blu ray and DVD)
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