| Ryo Ishibashi, Kazuma Suzuki , Kyoko
Tohyama , Eiko Nagashima, Taro Suwa , Yu-rei Yanagi .
Shinji Aoyama (Two Punks) directed this Japanese cop drama about
assistant police inspector Saga (Ryo Ishibashi), who is guarding
a religious cult leader when the man is shot and killed. In pursuit
of the hitman (Yu-rei Yanagi), Saga is also shot, and he's only
half-conscious when his gun is stolen. At the hospital, his wife
Rie (Eiko Nagashima) begins planning a divorce. Low on self-esteem,
Saga resigns from the force. Saga's stolen gun is later determined
to be a weapon used in a murder. Hypnosis sends Saga to terminal
leukemia patient Shimano (Kazuma Suzuki), who's taking stolen morphine,
and the trail then leads to Shimano's ex-lover Kimiko Endo (Kyoko
Tohyama). Shown at the 1997 Turin Film Festival. |