You can sell him anything except children’s organs. This movie, created by Shinji Aoyama, Tadanobu Asano and Kaori Fujimitsu, scores 6.9 on IMDb. Sleepless Town 1998 ‘’ Directed by Lee Chi-Ngai Synopsis Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. Is blood that powerful? What exactly defines a mother or a father? While Kenji struggles with these questions and attempts to escape his fate, Chiyoko seems content to let these issues unfold and find a solution.
His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. Subdued feelings of alarm, discomfort and resentment between Chiyoko, Kenji, and his half brother Yusuke hide underneath and are seemingly caused by the inseparable blood ties that seem to wield control over everyone's destiny. Genres: Crime Drama Romance Action Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. It is a hybrid in many ways: a Lee Chi-ngai magical romance grafted onto a baroque neo-noir, a Hong Kong art film cum Japanese contemporary hyper-urban thriller. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier. You can sell him anything except children's organs. She is now married to Mamiya, the owner of an express package delivery service. Sleepless Town, a Japan/Hong Kong coproduction, internalizes the issue of hybridization that can beset transnational film production. Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. But his life reaches a turning point when he happens to meet Chiyoko, his long lost mother. Besides this he takes care of the sister of an old friend in jail and a young illegal immigrant. Kenji, abandoned by his mother, scrapes out a meager existence doing odd jobs including driving bar hostesses and their customers home.
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