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Heavenly Sin (1992)

Heavenly Sin poster
Original title
天国の大罪
Directed by
Toshio Masuda
Genre
drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 55m
Rating
4.0 of 10 from 4 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A female prosecutor struggles with an affair with her boss in a near future Tokyo that has become a melting pot of races. Her life takes a turbulent turn after she encounters a mafia boss who controls the foreign quarter.

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What happens

『天国の大罪』(てんごくのたいざい)とは、1992年(平成4年)10月3日に東映系劇場で公開された、吉永小百合主演の日本映画である。上映時間は115分。 本作は近未来、人種の坩堝と化した東京都を舞台に、外国人街を牛耳るマフィアのボスと出会った、上司との不倫に悩む女検事の流転の人生をサスペンスタッチで描く。「日本モスキート街」「家族」の2部構成になっている。吉永の出演作としては珍しいSF設定の作品である。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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