Ooru naito rongu (1992)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Katsuya Matsumura

Writer:

Katsuya Matsumura (writer)

Release Date:

14 November 1992 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | Horror

Plot:

Three Japanese youths descend into the violent realm of the Tokyo night life after witnessing a brutal murder. |

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Level Crossing | Worm | Bolt Clipper | Handcuffs

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Eisuke Tsunoda	...	Suzuki Kensuke
Ryôsuke Suzuki	...	Saitô Shinji
Yôji Ietomi	...	Tanaka Tetsuya
Hiromasa Taguchi	...	Tamari
Third Nagashima	...	Phantom Killer
Sachiko Wakayama	...	Yoshiko
Yumi Goto	...	Eri
Ryôka Yuzuki	...	Girl at the train crossing (as Ayumi Nagashii)
Yumi Kayama	...	Yôko
Ken'ichi Môri	...	Delinquent Leader
Keiichi Mano
Tomoyuki Shimada
Makoto Ogawa
Tomorowo Taguchi	...	Airline Manager
Rusher Kimura	...	Industrial High School Teacher

Also Known As:

All Night Long

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Japan:R | Netherlands:16

Company:

Daiei Motion Picture Company

Movie Connections:

Followed by Ooru naito rongu 2: Sanji (1995) (V)

Human Beings Are Garbage! - Part 1

the ALL NIGHT LONG trilogy is a strange set of films. All 3 films tend to center around a character/characters who are kinda outcasts and socially awkward. All 3 films have the similar basic premise of a single or group of nerds/outcasts/weirdos who are subjected to some overwhelming stimulus that makes them freak the f**k out. I personally felt that Part 1 of the trilogy is the weakest, but still a decent film. It centers around 3 teenagers who witness a random and brutal murder, and then form a friendship based on their mutual experience. They then decide to throw a party where they each have to bring a girl - and this part of the plot is what holds Part 1 back and makes it a little slow. The whole party idea could have been left out, and I think it would have made the film sleaker and less dull. Anyway...only 1 of the 3 boys has any real luck finding a date, but on the way to the party, the boy is beaten and the girl is raped. The kid freaks out, goes to his other 2 friends, and decides to hunt the rapists down. Of course, the usual bloody revenge follows. The gore in this installment of ALL NIGHT LONG is relatively understated and takes a little too long to get there. The ending is decent but I was expecting a little more. Like some of the other reviewers, I felt there were definitely some slow moving areas and some plot lines that didn't really belong - but all-in-all a decent film. Parts 2 and 3 are better, and since you can now get all 3 dirt cheap as a box set from certain on-line retailers - might as well grab 'em all. Not as shocking as some have said, but still not for casual viewers... 7/10