Helpless (1996)

Original title

ヘルプ レス

Directed by

Shinji Aoyama

Genre

crime film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

6.3 of 10 from 12 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A drifter in Kitakyushu gets drawn into a series of violent events after a childhood friend reappears. A young woman who witnessed a murder also becomes entangled with this troubled man.

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What happens

『Helpless』（ヘルプレス）は、1996年公開の日本映画。青山真治の劇場映画監督デビュー作であり、『EUREKA』『サッド ヴァケイション』へと続く「北九州サーガ」の第1作である。また、浅野忠信の初主演作品でもある。WOWOW製作による「J・MOVIE・WARS3」のうちの1作。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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