Anaza hevun (2000)

Director:

Jôji Iida

Writer:

Jôji Iida (writer)

Release Date:

29 April 2000 (Japan)

Genre:

Crime | Horror

Plot:

A pair of hard-boiled Tokyo cops are investigating a gruesome murder: after killing the victim, the...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Brain | Apartment Building | Broken Jaw | Sunglasses

Cast

Yôsuke Eguchi	...	Manabu Hayase
Miwako Ichikawa	...	Asako
Takashi Kashiwabara	...	Atsushi Kimura
Yukiko Okamoto	...	Chizuru Kashiwagi
Haruhiko Katô	...	Yuuji Makuta
Naomasa Musaka	...	Sakamoto-keibu
Kunihiro Ida	...	Ryoukado-keibu
Yosinori Kô	...	Kumakura-keiji
Toshi Shioya	...	Ikegami kenshi-i
Kai Ato	...	Shinji Ohno
Yôko Ôshima	...	Kazuko Ohno
Tarô Suwa	...	Taguchi-kanshiki
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Akira Emoto
Yoshio Harada	...	Detective Tobitaka
Manami Honjou
Kimiko Inui	...	Newscaster
Takamasa Kidachi
Natsuhiko Kyôgoku	...	Commentator
Yasuko Matsuyuki
Tomohiro Okada	...	Volanteer no otoko

Also Known As:

Another Heaven (International: English title)

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and some sexuality.

Runtime:

USA:132 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Certification:

Australia:MA | Germany:16 | Japan:R-15 | Singapore:PG (cut) | USA:R

Company:

Another Heaven Film Partners

Worth Seeing

Hmm…had mixed feelings;

I couldn't stand the main detective Manabu played by Yosuke Eguchi. He reminded me of the reason cops have bad reps. He wasn't corrupt; rather took police brutality to another level. Yet he was supposed to be the protagonist.

I enjoyed the character Asako…One of Miwako Ichikawa's better performances.

This is worth seeing for the fact that it has a unique plot. Be warned that there are a lot of slow points that are meant to built certain characters up.

The movie Audition aka Ôdishon, (1999), was way better.