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シークレットワルツ (1996)

シークレットワルツ poster
Directed by
Akira Nobi
Genre
drama film
Country
Japan

How it feels

A brother and sister survive by petty theft. After they help a wounded hitman, they start living together and get pulled into organized crime violence. The sister has trauma from the past that affects her actions. The brother gets into drugs and pressure to become a killer.

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What happens

『シークレットワルツ』は、1996年に公開された日本の映画作品。配給会社はビターズ・エンド。 姉マキと弟慎二は、酔っ払いのサラリーマンから財布を盗んだり窃盗等で暮らしていた。そんな2人が負傷した殺し屋火野を助けたことをきっかけに、3人で共同生活を始めることになる。マキは殺し屋火野と関係を持ち、火野の雇い主佐藤の親分、大和からも関心を持たれるが、マキは過去の性的なトラウマから、異常な行動をすることがあった。弟の慎二はマキと火野の関係を知り覚醒剤に溺れ、佐藤は慎二を殺し屋にさせようとし、姉弟は犯罪組織の抗争に巻き込まれていく。 (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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