To pay off his loan shark, failed actor Ryōsuke Kinuta is forced to smuggle dead bodies – and one live elite assassin – in the middle of the night.
Direction
Ishii's kinetic framing turns body disposal into visual jazz
Acting
Tsumabuki's pathetic desperation is painfully perfect
Practical Effects
Rigor mortis choreography that's somehow hilarious
Director
Katsuhito Ishii
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Ryōsuke Kinuta
Masatoshi Nagase
Joe
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Yuki Yamaoka
Hikari Mitsushima
Chiharu Tanuma
Masanobu Ando
Spine
Tsuyoshi Abe
Bukutadashi Kabashi
Tatsuya Gashûin
Jijii
Fumiyo Kohinata
Kenji Nishio
Masahiro Takashima
Kawashima Seiji
Ryushin Tei
Naizô
Yôhachi Shimada
Tanuma
Shota Matsuda
Cop #2
Ren Osugi
Cop #1
Susumu Terajima
Joe's friend
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ishii adapted this from a manga by the same artist who created Oldboy — explaining the shared DNA of pitch-black humor and bodily harm.
JP
