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A stranger in the increasingly strange city of San Francisco, Japanese crime novelist Aki (Ayako Fujitani - Tokyo!) is unsure of precisely what role she has to play in a real-life murder mystery involving ambiguous MacGuffins and amorphous identities. Unfolding in lonely places such as bookshops and hotel bars, Dave Boyle's (Surrogate Valentine, White On Rice, Big Dreams Little Tokyo) moody thriller uncovers exhilarating new takes on genre conventions. Consequently, it's an alluring l'homme fatal who supplies Aki with the breadcrumb trail of clues that entices her into a labyrinthine plot of sinister dealings. In turn, the aging sheriff (veteran character actor Pepe Serna - Scarface, The Black Dahlia, The Jerk, fantastic in a rare leading role), who should rightfully be riding to her rescue, proves to be equally out of his depth. The game is afoot, the chase is exhilarating and the stakes are perilously high in this inspired neo-noir. (Courtesy of Los Angeles Film Festival)
Original Release
06/15/2014
US Release
06/15/2014
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Cast
Name | Character |
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Ayako Fujitani | Aki |
Pepe Serna | Paul Del Moral |
Kazuki Kitamura | Akira |
Yasuyo Shiba | Junko |
Hiroshi Watanabe | Hitoshi |
Tetsuo Kuramochi | Shinsuke |
Yuki Matsuzaki | Tsubasa |
Shiori Ideta | Chika |
Elisha Skorman | Teresa Del Moral |
Masami Kosaka | Tatsuji |
Directors
Writers
Dave Boyle, Joel Clark, Michael Lerman
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ayako Fujitani | Aki |
Pepe Serna | Paul Del Moral |
Kazuki Kitamura | Akira |
Yasuyo Shiba | Junko |
Hiroshi Watanabe | Hitoshi |
Tetsuo Kuramochi | Shinsuke |
Yuki Matsuzaki | Tsubasa |
Shiori Ideta | Chika |
Elisha Skorman | Teresa Del Moral |
Masami Kosaka | Tatsuji |
Rome Kanda | Kageyama |
Ross Turner | Doctor |
Thomas Cokenias | Bald Man |
Geo Epsilanty | The Porter |
Ron Eliot | Desk clerk |
Nanami Iwasaki | Book Fan |
Yoshi Ishii | Journalist (Tokyo) |
Sarah Kei Brooks | Book Event Attendee |
Duane Andersen | Witness #1 |
Erik Braa | Newscaster / Radio DJ |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Joel Clark | Executive Producer |
Michael Lerman | Executive Producer |
Nelson Cheng | Executive Producer |
Emily Ting | Executive Producer |
Timothy Wenhold | Executive Producer |
Wade Winningham | Executive Producer |
Taro Goto | Producer |
Mye Hoang | Producer |
Ben Lyon | Producer |
Ko Mori | Producer |
Nobu Nagatsuma | Producer |
Lee Rudnicki | Producer |
Shôhei Sano | Producer |
Alex Verba | Producer |