Fuyajo
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Fuyajo (不夜城), also known as Sleepless Town, is a Hong Kong-Japanese film co-production released in 1998 based on a novel by Hase Seishū. It was directed by [1]Lee Chi-ngai with cinematography by Arthur Wong, who won two awards for the film.[1]
Cast
- 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
Synopsis
Fuyajo is about Kenichi 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 as fugitives.
References
- ^ "Eighteenth Hong Kong Film Awards Winners". HKFA history. Archived from the original on 14 April 2016. Retrieved 30 April 2011.
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- 1998 films
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- Films produced by Kazutoshi Wadakura
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- 1990s Japanese films
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