A traditional ballad singer Hiroshi has enthusiastic middle-aged female fans. Takeru believes that by doing good things to others, he could cause a miracle to happen and cure his beloved girlfriend who is in coma. Tetsuo avenges himself on yakuza for putting him in a jail and now is chased by them. These three men's paths are somehow intertwined and drawing them toward a showdown.
Direction
SABU's kinetic, musical pacing — pure controlled chaos.
Acting
Sho Aoyagi's deadpan ballad singer — tragicomic perfection.
Editing
Three timelines collide in one gloriously messy crescendo.
Director
SABU
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
SABU (Hiroyuki Tanaka) is Japan's king of deadpan crime absurdism — this is him slightly dialed back from Crazy Samurai: 400 vs. 1.
The film's Japanese title 'Jam' refers to traffic jams and musical jams — both metaphors for the characters' stuck lives colliding.
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