![]() ![]() Yuan wants revenge You two were like brothers Sun-chun, keep out of here This is Mr. What'll you do? Yuan'll want you to give him Fu-chun Your Shanghai triad has lots of excuses to kill me Why should I pay for what Fu-chun did? What would they want if he'd killed ten men? He killed our number-two man Mr. come back for? Are you sure? One of Yuan's guys saw him Which one Was that? Sun-chum. So, Xui-hong, what's the news? That's it Fu-chun's back from Nagoya What? He's back here What did that dumb ***. Where are you? You're late! My brother needs a visa Can you get me a passport? If you've got the cash. flying around at night using my radar to survive Hello. I'm Japanese You're what? You're Chinese! He's half-breed Who knows what he is? I saw you speaking Chinese You're not a Japanese I'm Japanese Show me your registration Noda! Yes come here Stay there! Don't *** with them This is Kabukicho, damn it Wherever they're from, they drift like leeches into Kabukicho I'm not Chinese or Japanese Here they call me a bat. Taiwan Hey, you! Wait! Registration card. Name? Lin Biao Chinese? I'm Taiwanese You Li Bao-zhao. You may need it to make sense of the 'sorting out' of characters in the final act.Alien registration card. ![]() The extras include a handy chart showing the connections between the main characters and factions in the Chinese underworld. The DVD from Poker Industries is non-anamorphic and the image quality is so-so. The final act becomes a bit of a test for the viewer who has to sort out a jumble of characters and factions but the resolving scene, on a wharf with just the two co-stars embracing one last time under the eyes of the gangsters is a memorable, rich resolution. He falls in love with her because we can't but fall in love with her. Her nymph-like but cunning byplay slowly pulling together a more complex scheme draws in the gruff freelancer who is aware that he is being fooled. The neo noir formula has never worked quite so well as in the neon lit alleys, restaurants and rooftops of Shinjuku, even as the stereotypical Yakuza elbow their way through crowds or the pony-tailed Takeshi Kaneshiro pays his respects in crowded backroom mob hangouts.Ĭentered amongst the playful conventions of hammy, posturing criminals is the grinning but entrancing romance between Takeshi Kaneshiro and Mirai Yamamoto. In good noir fashion, this complication becomes a source of sexual tension as he agrees to use her as bait.Ĭonsidering it is essentially a work for hire by director Cheng Ngai Li, Sleepless Town is a totally classy film filled with beautiful dreamy shots, wonderful personal scenes and a really steamy connection between the two co-stars. His search is further complicated when he is contacted by a woman claiming to be his partner's girlfriend (the gorgeous Mirai Yamamoto). When it is learned that his partner has returned under mysterious circumstances, he is given an order to find and kill him. ![]() Playing a character similar to Tom Regan in Miller's Crossing, Takeshi Kaneshiro is a small-timer known to everyone, who is trying to rebuild his credit after his former partner skipped town but not before shooting a prominent gangster. ![]() SLEEPLESS TOWN (1998) - Cheng Ngai Li's film set in the Chinese underworld community in Shinjuku is a tightly directed neo-noir featuring Takeshi Kaneshiro as a half-Taiwanese half-Japanese freelancer who is being pressed on all sides by factions who want to see him take sides. ![]()
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