A private detective and a college student find themselves in hot water while investigating the murder of a night club owner.
Acting
Yūsaku Matsuda's smoldering weariness defines 80s Japanese noir.
Cinematography
Tokyo's underbelly never looked this seductively doomed.
Director
Kichitaro Negishi
Hiroko Yakushimaru
Naomi Arai
Yūsaku Matsuda
Shuichi Tsujiyama
Kyôko Kishida
Kimie Hasenuma
Yuki Kitazume
Yutaka Nagai
Yoshihiro Katō
Man who picks up Naomi
Noboru Mitani
Love hotel manager
Michihiro Yamanishi
Sato
Ryoichi Kusanagi
Man in black suit A
Yûsuke Nagumo
Man in black suit D
Hiroshi Shimizu
Man in black suit B
Hyōe Enoki
Apartment Tenant
Takashi Shikauchi
Kazuya Kunizaki
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Yūsaku Matsuda was Japan's biggest TV star; this role helped him break into serious cinema before his tragic early death.
Negishi's film captures bubble-era Japan's moral hangover—wealthy surface, rotting foundations, and yakuza as corporate middle management.
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