Mark Sullivan (AnonymeInc@webtv.net)
Fri, 29 Oct 1999 19:26:49 -0400 (EDT)
Mario, Did the Japanese movie revolve around a female tax
agent figuring out what was going on? If so, it's either A
Taxing Woman or A Taxing Woman Returns.
Speaking of Japanese hardboiled/noir, Beat Takeshi Kitano has
made several harsh movies. Violent Cop makes the most of
Kitano's appearance, he looks kind of like a Japanese version
of Charles Bronson. Sonatine, which had been released in the
US by Tarantino's Rolling Thunder, is a bizarre Yakuza flick.
And Fireworks (Hanna Bi) follows a cop after his partner is
shot and his wife becomes terminally ill. All of his films I
have seen explore that area where Zen and existentialism seen
to meet.
Continuing in the Japanese hardboiled vein, I'm looking
forward to reading The Tattoo Murder Case, which has been
highly recommended to me.
Mark
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