Japan,
2000, 103 min
Directed by:
Takashi MiikeScreenplay:
Toshiki KimuraComposer:
Kōji EndōCast:
Ren Ōsugi, Akira Emoto, Michelle Reis, Yôji Tanaka, 吉川晃司, Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Atsushi Okuno, Akaji Maro, Eugene Nomura, 水上竜士, Patricia ManterolaPlots(1)
Mario is the Japanese-Brazilian gunslinger fresh out of jail who, in a hilariously audacious action sequence, hijacks a helicopter to save his Chinese girlfriend Kei from deportation. He must then secure 18 million yen to secure fake passports for both of them to make a new life for themselves in Australia. In a misconceived operation, Mario arrives at the lair of the intriguing Ko, Kei's ex-boyfriend--a self-assured, effeminate young exchange student - who is somehow head of a vicious gang of Triads. He's at the point of buying a consignment of cocaine from decadent, cold-blooded Yakuza gangster Fushimi when Mario's arrival triggers a shootout, with Mario escaping with the wrong suitcase. (official distributor synopsis)
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