Yokohama BJ Blues (1981)

Original title

ヨコハマＢＪブルース

Directed by

Eiichi Kudo

Genre

mystery film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 52m

Rating

7.8 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A blues singer who also works as a private detective in Yokohama becomes a murder suspect. He must evade the police and find the real killer while performing at nightclubs.

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What happens

Yokohama BJ Blues (Japanese: ヨコハマＢＪブルース, Hepburn: Yokohama BJ burûsu) is a 1981 Japanese neo-noir mystery crime thriller film directed by Eiichi Kudo and written by Shōichi Maruyama, based on an idea by Yūsaku Matsuda. It is a loose remake of The Long Goodbye (1973), while also incorporating elements of Luchino Visconti's Death in Venice (1971) and William Friedkin's Cruising (1980). The film tells the story of a blues singer moonlighting as a private detective who is accused of murder and must clear his name. Yūsaku Matsuda stars in the lead role, in addition to Mari Henmi, Keizō Kanie, Toby Kadoguchi and Haruko Mabuchi. Japanese rock band Creation composed the film's soundtrack, with several of its songs performed by Matsuda. Yokohama BJ Blues was theatrically released by Toei Company on April 25, 1981, in Japan. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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