Sleepless Town

Name: Fuyajô
Genre: Drama
Released: 1998-06-27
Duration: 2 h 2 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto, Kippei Shîna

Original title: Fuyajô

19981998
2h 2m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

668

YOUR RATING

Takeshi Kaneshiro in Sleepless Town (1998)

Drama

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

YOUR RATING

- Chi-Ngai Lee
- Seishu Hase(novel)
- Chi-Ngai Lee
- Hisashi Nozawa(screenplay)
Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations

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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Review

Featured review

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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