What is it about?
A young man attempts to kill himself. After failing and realizing he is sweaty and smelly.. he decides to take a bath (in a traditional Japanese Bath house, which are open to the general public). There he sees how a hired Assassin (unknown to everyone there) has an accident. The young fellow takes the opportunity to exchange Locker keys with the killer.. taking his suit, lots of money and car. The murderer finds himself in the hospital with amnesia, and changes identity with the thief! At this point, the kind of movie I wanted to watch.. presented itself. How interesting would it be to show the methodical Assassin fixing the crappy life he finds himself in? And so it did.
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To be honest, I found it because I REALLY like Ryoko-san. And I'm glad I did! After all I've seen, I'm impressed I can still find good movies I know nothing about.
For a comedy, it's a bit "serious" and "dry".. but that's precisely why it works, for me at least. It's not ridiculous (as people have come to expect from Japanese content), but it's also a bit out there, with unexpected turn of events. Still, it is VERY well made and competently written. Even more so the acting by all leads (there was no role I disliked, on the contrary). The plot is rich and impressing (for the 2 hours it lasts), as it develops a lot of characters and threads in different directions. I'm more than pleased.
Credit's song : Tenbyou No Shikumi (by Kazuya Yoshii).
