Film Noir

(2000)

★ 7.5 IMDb · 4 votes

Year: 2000

Runtime: 86 мин

Country: Japan

Director: 小林政広

Cast: 石橋凌, 大塚寧々, 緒形拳, 光石研, 深水三章, Такаси Ямамото

Plot

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.