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Sleepless Town

1998 · 122 min

A moody, slow-burning crime romance that immerses you in neon-lit gangland tension and quiet heartache.

Overview
Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • betrayal
  • isolation
  • love
  • crime
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism7
Romance5
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, romance, crime
Directed by
Lee Chi-Ngai
Written by
Lee Chi-Ngai, Hisashi Nozawa
Starring
Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto, Kippei Shiina, Lung Sihung, Eric Tsang Chi-wai, Kathy Chow Hoi-Mei, Seijun Suzuki, Tomorowo Taguchi
Music
Shigeru Umebayashi
Cinematography
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Runtime
122 min
Country
Hong Kong, Japan
Languages
Japanese, Mandarin

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