Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen.Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen.Trained as a ruthless assassin since childhood, a mob hitman is ordered to become a normal law-abiding citizen.
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- TriviaThe film was part of the line-up at the Toronto Japanese Film Festival in Toronto, Canada in 2019.
- Crazy creditsThere is a end credit scene at the restaurant with Sato and Misaki, with Sato devouring a whole chicken wing, including the bones.
- ConnectionsFollowed by The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill (2021)
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I first watched the sequel and then this. Both are kind of similar, although the sequel felt a little more grounded. Great action scenes, all actors do a great job, even the stupid faced Yakuza types that normally just bug out their eyes and jut their chins and shout rude slang, in this film they have a personality and act with care for their characters. As others noticed, it is a film threading a fine line between comedy and dark action, which doesn't always work, but mostly does.
In fact, the film feels really inconsistent: good acting in a manga adaption, forced sex trafficking followed by comedy, great action scenes in a rather unentertaining story, although not a formulaic one, deeper levels of characterization in a movie about an autistic assassin. Worth a watch.
In fact, the film feels really inconsistent: good acting in a manga adaption, forced sex trafficking followed by comedy, great action scenes in a rather unentertaining story, although not a formulaic one, deeper levels of characterization in a movie about an autistic assassin. Worth a watch.
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- Gross worldwide
- $15,183,043
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
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