A man and a woman are together on the 'Chrysalis Day', the fatal day everything in your life will be decided depends on how you spend the day. A violent man holding pure love, Sai and a stunningly beautiful playgirl, Sheila. While Sheila flees with a large sum of money, she is chased by a cool but violent gang, crazy killers and an out of control cop. No one can stop Sai and Sheila's love runaway.
Direction
Kitamura's hyperkinetic staging never lets you breathe.
Cinematography
Neon-soaked frames that look like violence made pretty.
Practical Effects
Old-school stunts and squibs hit different in digital age.
Director
Ryuhei Kitamura
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kitamura shot this between Versus and Azumi, completing his 'violent love' trilogy of early 2000s cult cinema.
The 'Chrysalis Day' concept riffs on Japanese superstitions about taian but twists fate from peaceful to fatalistic.
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