Heat After Dark

1996 0h 50m JA

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 9

CrimeActionDrama

Synopsis

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Heat After Dark is director Ryuhei Kitamura's first theatrical release. This 50 minute film is predominantly a character study within an intense action drama. Those familiar with Kitamura's later works, perhaps especially Versus will realize this is the beginning of his characetristic modus operandi. Here, the well defined characters consist of the innocent (the cop), the relatively good (Atsuro Watabe), the relatively bad (Shinichi Suzuki), and the absolutely bad (Shigeru Izumiya ), and a few other Yakuza hoodlums thrown in for entertainment.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Shigeru Izumiya
Toshiyuki Kitami
Masami Miyata
Shun Sugata
Kazuma Suzuki
Shinichi Suzuki
Atsuro Watabe

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Ryuhei Kitamura
Writers: Ryuhei Kitamura
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Shigeru Izumiya and Toshiyuki Kitami and Masami Miyata carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0384991 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

WILD

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Ryuhei Kitamura directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Tight 50-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
230 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Shigeru Izumiya and Toshiyuki Kitami and Masami Miyata carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0384991 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.