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Bad Guy Beach (1995)

Bad Guy Beach poster
Original title
バッドガイ・ビーチ
Directed by
Shō Aikawa
Genre
mystery film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 35m
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A hardboiled detective works on a series of connected cases at a seaside town. The story follows his investigation into a young game creator involved in a mysterious event.

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What happens

『BAD GUY BEACH』(バッド ガイ ビーチ)は、1995年公開の日本映画。「新宿鮫」シリーズで知られる大沢在昌の連作小説『悪人海岸探偵局』を原作に、哀川翔が初監督(“あいかわ翔”名義)し、主演も兼ねたハードボイルド作品。麻生久美子の女優デビュー作。そしてバナナマンを結成して間もない頃の日村勇紀が、事件に大きく関わる若きカリスマゲームクリエイター役で出演している。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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