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D.A.N.G.A.N. RUNNER

Japan   

D.A.N.G.A.N. RunnerYassuda is on the run. In truth, he should be in his car, with money that was to have been robbed from a bank, with a gun bought from Yakuza. He could have come off well had he not forgotten the mask! Now he is on the run with a pursuer hot on his trail.

Aizawa is also on the run. He loathes his job - selling haberdashery for Yakuza. In truth he is a rock legend. Only nobody is interested in his music: Yakuza, at least, pays his bills. All could have been well if a man had not robbed his shop and stolen a mask. Now he must catch the man if he is not to be hunted by Yakuza.

Takeda is also on the run. He was the bodyguard for a Yakuza big shot who was assassinated. Takeda should have died to save the chief and become a legend in the underworld. But he had not had the courage. Now all he wants is to die. But before, he must hunt down Aizawa for Yakuza and will spare no efforts to accomplish the mission.

The three men are running away; however, after some hours, none of them knows any longer from what or to where. And no one can stop them.

 

     Director

DIRECTOR: Sabu
SCREENPLAY: Sabu
CINEMATOGRAPHER: Shinji Kuriyama
EDITION: Shinji Tanaka
MUSIC: Daisuke Okamoto
CAST: Tomorowo Taguchi, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Diamond Yukai, Sabu
PRODUCER: Moto Seta
FESTIVALS: Berlim
PRODUCTION: Nikkatsu Corp.
3-28-12, Hongou, Bunkyo-ku, Tóquio 113
Tel.: 00 81 3 5689 1019
Fax: 00 81 3 5689 1043
WORLD SALES: Nikkatsu Corp.
3-28-12, Hongou, Bunkyo-ku, Tóquio 113
Tel.: 00 81 3 5689 1019
Fax: 00 81 3 5689 1043
ORIGINAL TITLE: D.A.N.G.A.N. Runner
   Col., 82 min., 1997

Sabu

Born in 1964, Sabu performed as an actor in several films, including World Apartment Horror, an independent production by Katsuhiro Otomo - a great success in Japan. D.A.N.G.A.N. Runner is his first feature film
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