Rainy Dog (1997)
Gokudô kuroshakai (original title)Reference View | Change View
- Not Rated
- 1h 35min
- Crime, Drama
- 28 Jun 1997 (Japan)
- Movie
A Japanese assassin stranded in Taiwan must take work from a local crime boss to make ends meet when suddenly a woman from his past delivers a son to him.
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- 1 win & 1 nomination.
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Cast
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Shô Aikawa | ... |
Yuuji
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Li-Wei Chang |
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Shih Chang |
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Xianmei Chen | ... |
Lili
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Billy Sau Yat Ching |
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Jianqin He | ... |
Chen
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Ming-chun Kao | ... |
Lichun Lee
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Blackie Shou-Liang Ko | ... |
Whorehouse Proprietor
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Li-Chun Lee | ... |
(as Lichun Lee)
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Doze Niu |
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Tomorô Taguchi | ... |
Yuuji's crazed nemesis
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Vicky Wei |
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Directed by
Takashi Miike |
Written by
Seigo Inoue | ... | () |
Produced by
Tetsuya Ikeda | ... | producer |
Tsutomu Tsuchikawa | ... | producer: Daiei |
Music by
Kôji Endô |
Cinematography by
Yi-Hsu Li |
Editing by
Yasushi Shimamura |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Masashi Minami | ... | assistant director |
Sound Department
Kenji Shibasaki | ... | sound |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Daiei (1997) (Japan) (theatrical)
- Artsmagic (US) Ltd. (2006) (United States) (DVD) (widescreen) (subtitled)
- I-On New Media (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
- Tartan Video (United Kingdom) (VHS)
- Tokuma Japan Communications (Japan) (DVD)
- Toshiba Digital Frontiers (TDF) (Japan) (DVD)
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Plot Summary |
A Japanese hoodlum is stranded in Taipei, Taiwan unable to return home. He is on the run where he is an alien, hungry for work and it rains a lot. To satisfy his professional and literal hunger he accepts jobs from a local gang boss. Life becomes more complicated when a woman from his past appears with a mute boy whom she insists on leaving behind as his. Written by aghaemi |
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Did You Know?
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