Another Lonely Hitman (1995)

Original title

新・悲しきヒットマン

Directed by

Rokurō Mochizuki

Genre

drama film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

18

Rating

5.6 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A yakuza hitman tries to navigate a life of violence and loneliness after a long prison sentence. He reconnects with a woman from his past while trying to stay out of the criminal underworld.

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What happens

Another Lonely Hitman (Japanese: 新・悲しきヒットマン, Hepburn: Shin kanashiki hittoman) is a 1995 Japanese yakuza film directed by Rokurō Mochizuki and starring Ryo Ishibashi and Asami Sawaki (the latter of whom made her feature film debut in the production). The film was based on a novel by Yukio Yamanouchi, who also appears as an actor in the film. The Japanese title of the film begins with the character 新, shin (new), to distinguish this movie from a 1989 film 悲しきヒットマン (Lonely Hitman or Sad Hitman), also based on a novel by Yamanouchi but unrelated in plot. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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