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World Fantastic Red

Yaru Onna -She's a Killer-

MIYANO Keiji

Japan2018 84min World Premiere

Synopsis

When she was young, Aiko saw her parents murdered by the Yakuza. Over time, she becomes a killer to revenge her parents. When she finally gets the criminal in her sights, it turns out that he is also an orphan, and has a blind daughter.

Program Note

Aiko is fixated by the desire to find the man who killed her parents when she was a child. Aiko clearly remembers that he had a scorpion tattoo. One day, when she is punishing a drug dealer, she found a Kaga’s scorpion tattoo. She calmly prepares for battle. Director Miyano Keiji finished the film in a dark, dry atmosphere reminiscent of Hong Kong Noir, similar to his first feature film, Furyo Shonen 3,000Nin no Atama . This film is rare for these days since it is sincere and tragic. The setting of a solitary killer that has become a murder machine with past trauma is typical, but the pleasures of this film genres customs cannot be ignored. It is impressive that Ji-young’s performance is consistent without and expression until she finally explodes. Furthermore, Yuno appear to give unexpected tension and vitality to the drama. (KIM Hyun-min)

Diretor

MIYANO Keiji

Born in 1965, Kyoto. since 1995, he has been producing commercials for TV and etc. In 2007, he left his former career and made a ary film about bastards on the street. He won the Grand Prix and Best Actor at 2015 Japan Film Festival LA for Yumeji: A Spurt of Love (2015).