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Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same (1993)

Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same poster
Original title
眠らない街 新宿鮫
Directed by
Yōjirō Takita
Genre
action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 57m
Rating
9.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective in Shinjuku tracks a serial killer through the city's nightlife. He faces danger and corruption as he gets closer to the truth.

tensenoirishgrittysuspensefulurbanmoodydarkfast-paced

What happens

Nemuranai Machi: Shinjuku Same (Japanese: 眠らない街 新宿鮫), which is known in English as The City That Never Sleeps: Shinjuku Shark, is a 1993 Japanese film directed by Yōjirō Takita and starring Hiroyuki Sanada, Tadanobu Asano, Tadao Nakamaru. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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