Pimp with a heart of stone, city of broken dreams — vintage Japanese noir hits different.
A man who hunts for women and sells them to bars and cabarets. This film depicts the lives of men and women who breathe the dark side of the city and live with a mysterious strength amidst vice. The fourth film in the Night Youth series by the duo Umemiya Tatsuo and Midori Mako.
Cinematography
Shadow-drenched streets that breathe neon regret.
Acting
Umemiya's predator charisma masks surprising vulnerability.
Director
Hideo Sekigawa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Part of the 'Night Youth' cycle capturing Japan's postwar identity crisis — these films fetishized delinquent cool while mourning lost innocence.
Umemiya and Midori married in real life shortly after this film; their actual romance arguably had better chemistry than this bleak fiction.
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