![]() Since Keniichi is known to buy just about anything (with few exceptions) Natsumi has a proposition for him, of the two birds with one stone variety, and it seems like fortuitous timing possibly too fortuitous. The dame in question is Natsumi Sato (Mirai Yamamoto), who is running from the one person Keniichi needs to find if he wants to save his skin. And, as with any decent noir genre story, that’s right about when in walks the dame. Mob boss Yuan is still out for blood over an unanswered murder of some unnamed subordinate for which Keniichi’s pal (played wonderfully and with some momentary poignancy by Kippei Shiina) is responsible, and expects Kenichi to turn his friend over or take the fall in his place. As the film opens, life looks to be veering towards the guard rails with the return of Kenichi’s old partner to Tokyo. ![]() Kenichi slides smoothly through this political/social quagmire with the ease of a born and bred player whose survival has come to rely on the very thing that ostracises him – his mixed blood. The Chinatown backstreets of Kabuki-cho are a hot pot of cultural groups, all vying for their share of economic territory, none of it legal. The culturally diverse cast and crew – Takeshi Kaneshiro as Keniichi Ryuu, a half blood Japanese Taiwanese, Eric Tsang as Cantonese crime lord Yuan and Lung Si-Hung as Kenichi’s adopted father and Taiwanese mob boss just to name a few – almost literally reflect the film’s premise. Information collected is aggregated and anonymous.A modern film noir, with all the squalor and seediness that the pleasure district of Tokyo – the infamous Kabuki-cho – can bring to bear, Sleepless Town is a dark, moody thriller of ambitious proportions. These cookies enable us to provide better services based on how users use our website, and allow us to improve our features to deliver better user experience. Marketing Cookies are placed by third-party providers with our permission, and any information collected may be shared with other organizations such as publishers or advertisers. ![]() These cookies are used to deliver advertisements that are more relevant to you and your interests. We use the information collected to evaluate and improve the performance of your shopping experience. They also enable use of the Shopping Cart and Checkout processes, assist in regulatory and security issues, measure traffic and visits, and retrieve order information for affiliate commissions. These cookies are required to use core website features and are automatically enabled when you use the site. You can use this interface to enable or disable sets of cookies with varying functions. We use data cookies to store your online preferences and collect information. Winner of Best Cinematography (Arthur Wong) and Best Production Design (Taneda Youhei) at the 18th Hong Kong Film Awards, the darkly romantic crime thriller co-stars Taiwan actor Lung Sihung, Hong Kong stars Eric Tsang and Kathy Chow, Japanese actor Tanihara Shosuke and filmmaker Suzuki Seijun. ![]() As he falls for Sato Natsumi (Yamamoto Mirai, Who Am I?), the mysterious girl who holds the key to finding Fuchun, Kenichi is thrown into an intricate web of love, lies, and betrayal in his desperate struggle for survival in the merciless underworld. He gets embroiled in a brewing gang war when his former associate Wu Fuchun (Shiina Kippei) runs off after killing a man from the Shanghai triad. Set in the famous Kabukicho of Tokyo, the Japan-Hong Kong co-production follows the lone wolf Ryu Kenichi (Takeshi Kaneshiro), a rootless half-Chinese who trades stolen goods for a living in Kabukicho. Asian superstar Takeshi Kaneshiro toplines Lost and Found director Lee Chi Ngai's film adaptation of Japanese writer Hase Seishu's best-selling noir novel Fuyajo, a.k.a.
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