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Cash Calls Hell

1966 · 92 min

A brooding, shadowy noir that keeps you uneasy as a reluctant killer races to undo his own contract.

Overview
Before leaving prison, Oida uncomfortably enters into an agreement with his cell mate: in exchange for a half-share of 30,000,000 yen, he is to assassinate three strangers given to him on a list. However, upon meeting his first potential victim, Oida has second thoughts. Yet, even as he tries to back out, the body count starts climbing. Oida must now try to alert the people on his list of their impending danger, and find out why they are being targeted in the first place.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • cynicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • crime
  • guilt
  • morality
  • conspiracy
  • redemption
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
action, drama, crime
Directed by
Hideo Gosha
Written by
Hideo Gosha, Yasuko Ōno
Starring
Tatsuya Nakadai, Mikijiro Hira, Ichirō Nakatani, Kunie Tanaka, Hisashi Igawa, Miyuki Kuwano, Atsuko Kawaguchi, Hideyo Amamoto
Music
Masaru Satō
Cinematography
Tadashi Sakai
Runtime
92 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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