Postman Blues (1997)

Original title

ポストマン・ブルース

Directed by

Sabu

Genre

comedy film

Country

Japan

Runtime

1h 50m

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 39 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A quiet postman gets mistaken for a dangerous criminal by the police. His ordinary life turns into a series of comedic mishaps and misunderstandings.

quirkylightheartedfast-pacedabsurdsuspensefuloffbeatcomedicchaotic

What happens

Postman Blues (ポストマン・ブルース, Posutoman Burūsu) is a 1997 Japanese criminal action comedy-drama film directed and written by Hiroyuki Tanaka under the name Sabu. The film features Shin'ichi Tsutsumi, Keisuke Horibe, Ren Osugi and Kyōko Tōyama in the lead roles. It tells the story of a postman (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi) who is mistaken by the police as a criminal. The film was released in Japan in 1997 and later in Italy in 1999 and Brazil in 2003. Hiroyuki Tanaka won the New Blood award at the 1999 Cognac Festival du Film Policier for the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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