Score 2: The Big Fight

1999 1h 24m JA

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9.0

MASTERPIECE

★9.0TMDB · 2

ActionCrime

Synopsis

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Three criminals pull off a major heist at a Tokyo bank and one of them hides the money in aplace that only he knows while the rest go into hiding. A year later, the one who hid the money is now dead and the two remaining robbers are desperate for the loot with crooked cops who are also in hot pursuit of the sizable bounty fast on their trail. They enlist the services of freelance criminals to aid them in their search, except there is a traitor in their midst. With the clock ticking the race is on to find the money first, but at what cost.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hitoshi Ozawa
Shū Ehara
Aya Nakamura
Kazuyoshi Ozawa
Tate Gouta
Hiroshi Miyasaka
Takashi Ukaji
Ryushi Mizukami

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hitoshi Ozawa
Writers: Hitoshi Ozawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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84 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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27 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Part of the "Score series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hitoshi Ozawa, shot by Akira Sako. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Torsten Rasch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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7 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Hitoshi Ozawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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8 / 8

CAST

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Hitoshi Ozawa and Shū Ehara and Aya Nakamura carry the top of the cast.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hitoshi Ozawa directs. Akira Sako behind the camera. Torsten Rasch scores. Hitoshi Ozawa cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

184 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Score series" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Directed by Hitoshi Ozawa, shot by Akira Sako. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
6Original score by Torsten Rasch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
7Editor Hitoshi Ozawa shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
8Hitoshi Ozawa and Shū Ehara and Aya Nakamura carry the top of the cast.
9IMDB entry: tt0369904 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 2 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.