 Kyoto Nocturnes: Elegant Slaughter
Producer/Director/Writer: John Foster
Boss Watanabe is clinging to his sanity and control of Kyoto's yakuza
after Boss Aihara massacres most of his men in a sneak attack. Holed up in a
dingy bar with Uchida, his lieutenant, Watanabe starts to see the mutilated
ghosts of his dead soldiers. The specters blame him for their deaths, and they
want revenge. Terrorized by both his inner demons and the threat that Aihara's
thugs will find him at any minute, Watanabe has only one way out: he hires K, an
alluring American hit woman, to assassinate Aihara. For the right price, K will
kill anyone. Even her own client.
Thriller*, Japan, 22 min
(Another film from the 2005 festival, we're bringing it back as part of our
Asian Cinema & Culture screenings.) |
