Sleepless Town
1998 · 122 min · ★ 7.4 · Drama, Romance, Crime
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.
Directed by Lee Chi-Ngai · Written by Lee Chi-Ngai
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Takeshi Kaneshiro Kenichi Ryuu -
Mirai Yamamoto Natsumi Sato -
Kippei Shiina Wu Fu-chun -
Lung Sihung Yang Weimin -
Eric Tsang Chi-Wai Yuan Chenggui -
Kathy Chow Hoi-Mei Xiu Hong -
Seijun Suzuki Ye Xiaodan -
Tomorowo Taguchi Kenji Tozawa -
Shosuke Tanihara Chou Tianwen -
Kaei Okina -
Yoshimitsu Morita Gambler -
Hidekazu Nagae
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