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Dog Race

1998 1h 50m JA
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★8.0TMDB · 1
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Synopsis
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Ethnically Korean Japanese filmmaker Yoichi Sai directs this madcap crime comedy. Nakayama (Goro Kishitani) is a suave police detective who doesn't play by the rules. He busts a drug ring, but not before sampling a few of the wares, and he closes down an underaged prostitution ring after enjoying the company of a school girl hooker. One of duties is to shake down sniveling Korean gangster Hideyoshi (Ren Osugi) for information. In spite of their positions on opposite sides of the law, the two discover that they share a fair amount in common. A disregard for the law and the love of a comely prostitute from China named Momo-chan (Makoto Togashi). Though Hideyoshi is running an illegal alien smuggling ring with her and has lusted for her from a far for quite a while, Nakayama manages to bed her first. When she does finally appear in Hideyoshi's bed, she's unfortunately a corpse.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Behind the camera

Director
Yōichi Sai
Writers
Wishing Chong, Yōichi Sai, Shōichi Maruyama
Languages
Japanese
Countries
Japan

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ERA

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

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Goro Kishitani and Ren Osugi and Teruyuki Kagawa carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0416863 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yōichi Sai directs. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

  • 128 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
  • 2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
  • 3Goro Kishitani and Ren Osugi and Teruyuki Kagawa carry the top of the cast.
  • 4IMDB entry: tt0416863 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
  • 5Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime
110 min · 1h 50m
Status
Released
Original language
JA

Also by

Yōichi Sai

Key crew

  • Production ManagerHideki Ujiie

Release history · US

When it landed

  • Theatrical1998-09-26

Also known as

International titles

  • 犬、走る DOG RACEJP
  • Inu hashiruJP

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