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Film Noir
7.0
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1h 26m
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2000
Overview
The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the snow that surrounds them. The take on Melville's "Samoraï" from -67 is obvious, but Kobayashi turns the image around and portrays the killer as the weakest person in the movie - haunted by his demanding wife and the moaning contractor, who is one of the most mysterious characters ever portrayed in a movie.
Cast
![Ryo Ishibashi pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F1q8noUaI5E0ykjLdXRZcn7U79LN.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Ryo Ishibashi
Yuji Hamazaki
![Nene Otsuka pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F48TFOrOB7oZOJ0LXbYQb7p5PE1z.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Nene Otsuka
Kazuko - Yuji's wife
![Ken Ogata pic](/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fimage.tmdb.org%2Ft%2Fp%2Foriginal%2F1ITtGvh0sUrREirQzo59jrcPo8I.jpg&w=320&q=75)
Ken Ogata
Client
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Ken Mitsuishi
Kimio Komatsu
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Sanshô Shinsui
Taxi Driver
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Takashi Yamamoto
Yasushi Hasegawa
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