The story follows three pairs of characters, all of whom are fleeing an illegal Thai boxing match.
The first characters shown are two restaurant workers. One persuades the other to take part in the boxing match, in place of an absent boxer. Although the bout was rigged to end in his defeat in the second round, he knocks his opponent out within seconds of the start. The pair are soon involved in a high-speech car chase with angered members of the yakuza.
The second pair of characters are two young businessmen who choose to eat at the restaurant where the boxing match is takes place, unaware of its yakuza connections. They flee the after a police raid and are involved in a high-speed car-chase with a patrol car.
The third pair of characters are in need of money to pay for damage they caused to a yakuza’s expensive car. They attend the bout to steal the takings but one of them is shot and his friend drives him around in search of a hospital.
The three cars containing the six main characters crash and the postscript shows them sometime later, apparently enjoying successful lives.
| Directed by | Sabu |
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| Produced by | TarÅ Nagamatsuya Satoru Ogura Arishige Shimomura Masahiko Tan Koji Yoshizawa |
| Written by | Sabu |
| Starring | Sakamoto Masayuki Nagano Hiroshi Inohara Yoshihiko Morita Go Miyake Ken Okada Junichi |
| Music by | Yasuhisa Murase |
| Cinematography | Masao Nakabori |
| Editing by | Nobuyuki Ito |
| Distributed by | Avex Inc. |
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| Running time | 79 min |
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Good black comedy a little bit like Quentin Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction the way the stores tie in but far less complicated and less dialog. The humour translates well no matter what’s you’re culture.
It’s a fast pace movie and has you’re full attention although the last 15 minutes are an exception as it was a bit too Hollywood happy happy ending for me. I would give it 6/10 it lost 1 because the end did not sit well with me but I would still recommend you watch it.