Another Lonely Hitman (DVD)
Director Mochizuki Rokuro cut his teeth doing Japanese porn films before turning his attention to focus almost exclusively on the Yakuza genre, to which, with ANOTHER LONELY HITMAN, he brings a deft touch of surprising subtlety, and infinitely compelling characterizations. A gritty tale of an old-fashioned hitman's crusade to maintain the traditional Yakuza values of old, the titular character is played with a nuanced complexity by Ryo Ishibashi in his breakout role. As a young Yakuza, Tachibana Takashi pulled off an important hit on his very first time out, killing the boss of the rival Hokushin gang. He committed an error, however, due to the fact that he was on heroin, and was subsequently convicted and imprisoned for 10 years. Upon his release, he is welcomed back into the arms of the Hirakawa family, but things have changed a great deal in the intervening period, and not to Tachibana's liking. The rival gangs now settle their differences through the exchange of money, and make their living in such undistinguished professions as pornography, extortion, and drug dealing. When Tachibana defends an abused prostitute against her pimp, he inadvertently reawakens the old familial feud, and he must fight the bosses on both sides to purge the underground of its new business methods, reinstating the old codes of gangster life. Through a veneer of ultraviolence that warrants comparison to acclaimed director Takashi Miike, a multifaceted portrayal of the complexities of morality emerges in the well-drawn character of Tachibana. He is at once brutally cruel and sensitive, an essentially ethical creature in search of salvation, the harsh realities of which are offset by the conscious lack of artistry in the film's construction, with the lack of beautification a parallel to the moral decay with which Tachibana is surrounded.
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Step out in classy sophistication and luxurious comfort when you wear this dapper dress shoe by Italian designer Gianfranco Ferre.
'F' logo buckle and over strap at vamp
Tapered toe
Cushioned footbed
Polished leather upper
One inch heel
Available in brown and black
100-percent leather
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Hand clean
Made in Italy
Model no. IP0A23
Imported
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Product ESRB Rating Teen
System Requirements : Windows 2000/XP, Pentium 1.4 GHz, 256MB RAM, 64MB DirectX 9.0 compatible 3D graphics card, Windows compatible sound card, 12X CDROM, Keyboard, Mouse
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Make a statement of elegance with this classic, feminine pearl bracelet.
This 7-inch strand features a river of Grade AA 7.5 to 8-mm Akoya cultured pearls and closes securely with a 14-karat yellow gold fishhook clasp. Be sure to match this bracelet with a classic pearl necklace from our site.
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