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XX: Beautiful Weapon

1993 · 93 min

A cold, erotic thriller that feels like a slow, tense descent into a solitary, violent world.

Directed by: Kazuo Komizu
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Starring: Masumi Miyazaki, Masao Kusakari, Kunio Murai

Overview: A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.

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Directed by: Kazuo Komizu
Genres: Action, Drama, Crime
Starring: Masumi Miyazaki, Masao Kusakari, Kunio Murai

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: isolation
violence
obsession
betrayal
death
Places: single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Scales, 0 to 10
Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	6
Horror	3
Humour	1
Realism	6
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	8
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	5

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Details

Genres: action, drama, crime, thriller
Directed by: Kazuo Komizu
Written by: Kazuo Komizu
Starring: Masumi Miyazaki, Masao Kusakari, Kunio Murai, Takeshi Katō, Ren Osugi, Norihito Arai, Natsumi Hirose, Seiroku Nakazawa
Cinematography: Akihiro Itō
Runtime: 93 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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