“Rainy Dog” (1997) is the follow-up to Takashi Miike’s blistering theatrical debut “Shinjuku Triad Society” (1995), continuing his “Black Society Trilogy”. Once again this unique director delivers a fantastically twisted tale that packs an emotional punch felt long after the credits roll.
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Yuuji (Sho Aikawa) is a Japanese ex-patriot now living in Taipei. Previously involved in the criminal underworld in Japan, he receives a call from a former associate informing him that he cannot return home. This leaves Yuuji isolated in this foreign country without friends or allies. He carries on a monotonous existence, finding employment as a hit-man for a local gangster.
His life is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a woman with a young mute boy. She informs Yuuji that the child is his son from a meaningless fling they had years earlier. The woman leaves the boy with his father before fleeing in a taxi.
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Yuuji (Sho Aikawa) is a Japanese ex-patriot now living in Taipei. Previously involved in the criminal underworld in Japan, he receives a call from a former associate informing him that he cannot return home. This leaves Yuuji isolated in this foreign country without friends or allies. He carries on a monotonous existence, finding employment as a hit-man for a local gangster.
His life is interrupted by the unexpected appearance of a woman with a young mute boy. She informs Yuuji that the child is his son from a meaningless fling they had years earlier. The woman leaves the boy with his father before fleeing in a taxi.
- 10/14/2018
- by Matthew Cooper
- AsianMoviePulse
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