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Sleepless Town

Original title: Fuyajô
  • 19981998
  • 2h 2m
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6.8/10
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Takeshi Kaneshiro in Sleepless Town (1998)
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Kabukicho is a forgotten world. A place where people of different tongues and races meet, where they fight against each other to gain money, power and territory. The struggle which never end... Read allKabukicho is a forgotten world. A place where people of different tongues and races meet, where they fight against each other to gain money, power and territory. The struggle which never ends. Based on a dangerous love story which unfolds a dangerous town.Kabukicho is a forgotten world. A place where people of different tongues and races meet, where they fight against each other to gain money, power and territory. The struggle which never ends. Based on a dangerous love story which unfolds a dangerous town.
IMDb RATING
6.8/10
668
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    • Chi-Ngai Lee
    • Seishu Hase(novel)
    • Chi-Ngai Lee
    • Hisashi Nozawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Takeshi Kaneshiro
    • Mirai Yamamoto
    • Kippei Shîna
    • Chi-Ngai Lee
    • Seishu Hase(novel)
    • Chi-Ngai Lee
    • Hisashi Nozawa(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Takeshi Kaneshiro
    • Mirai Yamamoto
    • Kippei Shîna
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    • 6User reviews
    • 6Critic reviews
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    Takeshi Kaneshiro
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    • Kenichi Ryuu
    Mirai Yamamoto
    • Natsumi Sato
    Kippei Shîna
    Kippei Shîna
    • Wu Fu-chun
    Sihung Lung
    Sihung Lung
    • Yang Weimin
    Eric Tsang
    Eric Tsang
    • Yuan Chenggui
    Kathy Chow
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    • Xiu Hong
    Seijun Suzuki
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    Seishu Hase
    Hiroko Hori
    Akira Inoue
    Akio Jô
    Yoshimitsu Morita
    Hidekazu Nagae
    Toshiya Nagasawa
    Rô Naruse
    Ami Nishina
    Kaei Okina
      Ken Osamu
        • Chi-Ngai Lee
        • Seishu Hase(novel)
        • Chi-Ngai Lee
        • Hisashi Nozawa(screenplay)
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      • Trivia
        Throughout the movie, there are a number of times Kenichi would mention about things related to the Romance of Three Kingdosms - interestingly, Takeshi Kanashiro did end up in Red Cliff (as Zhuge Liang) which was based on a famous battle that happened during the era of the Theee Kingdom,

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      10/10
      A deadline, a girl, a brother, ties, money, sex, changing roles.
      I forgot how much I liked this movie. Excellent cinematography seldom satisfies without a cohesive plot e.g. Lost Souls. In addition to both, this beauty has a teen-idol popular in Eastern Asia, a gorgeous lead actress (Mirai Yamamoto--you may have seen her spinning a car laying flat on its side in Jackie Chan's "Who Am I?"), a strong supporting cast, twists and more twists, the ever great lyrics of B'Z, captivating story-telling methods, intricate character relationships, and realistic bilingualism. And I cannot emphasize how gorgeous the lead actress is.
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        • June 27, 1998 (Japan)
        • Hong Kong
        • Japan
        • Japanese
        • Mandarin
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        • Kabukicho, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
      • Production companies
        • Asmik Ace Entertainment
        • Hakuhodo DY Media Partners
        • Kadokawa Publishing Company
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      • 2 hours 2 minutes
        • Dolby Digital

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