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| Directed by | Lee Chi-ngai |
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| Cinematography | Arthur Wong |
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| Music by | Shigeru Umebayashi |
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| Distributed by | Toei Company |
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Running time | 122 minutes |
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Fuyajo (不夜城), also known as Sleepless Town, is a drama film released in 1998, based on a novel of the same name by Hase Seishū. A Hong Kong-Japanese co-production, it was directed by Lee Chi-ngai with cinematography by Arthur Wong, who won two awards for the film.[1]
Synopsis
[edit]Fuyajo is about Kenichi, a man who struggles within the gangster world in Kabukicho. He is despised by locals as being a "fake" Japanese, as he is half Taiwanese and half Japanese. He is framed for covering up for an old friend who murdered one of the bosses, then he meets that person's girlfriend Natsumi and they join together as lovers and fugitives.
Cast
[edit]- Takeshi Kaneshiro as Kenichi Ryuu
- Mirai Yamamoto as Natsumi Sato
- Kippei Shiina as Wu Fu-chun
- Sihung Lung as Yang Weimin
- Eric Tsang as Yuan Chenggui
- Kathy Chow as Xiu Hong
References
[edit]- ↑ "Eighteenth Hong Kong Film Awards Winners". HKFA history. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
External links
[edit]- Fuyajo at IMDb
- Fuyajo at Rotten Tomatoes