Waga jinsei saiaku no toki (1994)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Kaizo Hayashi

Writers:

Kaizo Hayashi (writer)
Daisuke Tengan (writer)

Release Date:

5 March 1994 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named...

Plot Keywords:

Private Detective

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Masatoshi Nagase	...	Maiku Hama
Shirô Sano	...	Masaru Kanno
Kiyotaka Nanbara	...	Hoshino
Yang Haitin	...	Yang Hai Tin
Hou De Jian	...	De Jian
Akaji Maro	...	Lt. Nakayama
Shinya Tsukamoto	...	Yamaguchi
Jo Shishido	...	Joe
Haruko Wanibuchi	...	Lily Hama
Kaho Minami	...	Byakuran
Mika Ohmine	...	Akane Hama
Housei Kondo	...	Kondo
Masako Miyachi	...	Masako
Kenji Anan	...	Kitamura
Zen Kajiwara	...	Iwasaki

Also Known As:

The Most Terrible Time in My Life

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

Japan | Taiwan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Company:

Film Detective Office

Movie Connections:

Features The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

Supercool detective stuff

This is a fun little flick, a kind of retro private eye kind of thing, all very stylish and cool. It's kind of a blend of hard-as-nails gangster movie, chopped off fingers, gore and all, with a bit of Jackie-Chan-stylee daft comedy. Well worth watching, specially for anyone interested in modern Japanese culture and society, or Mike Hammer.