Koroshi 2000

The movie is absurd, and a thoroughly original take on the morale in Japanese society. The images are beautiful, and the people are as cold as the snow that surrounds them. The take on Melville's "Samoraï" from -67 is obvious, but Kobayashi turns the image around and portrays the killer as the weakest person in the movie - haunted by his demanding wife and the moaning contractor, who is one of the most mysterious characters ever portrayed in a movie.

Cast:

Ryo Ishibashi
Yuji Hamazaki 

Nene Otsuka
Kazuko - Yuji's wife 

Ken Ogata
Client 

Ken Mitsuishi
Kimio Komatsu 

Sanshô Shinsui
Taxi Driver 

Takashi Yamamoto
Yasushi Hasegawa 

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