This gritty crime drama takes place in the underworld of contemporary Tokyo following a young woman who gives up her job as a successful computer programmer and her stable lifestyle for the downward spiral of drugs and dangerous sex in the Tokyo fringe Along the way director Masashi Yamamoto uses a mix of widescreen cinematography and digital video to provide documentary-style images of this dark … Continue
The popular stars of the outrageous Hong Kong blockbuster KUNG FU HUSTLE reunite for another zany martial-arts comedy in director Wong Jing's KUNG FU MAHJONG. West (Wah Yuen) is a professional gambler who thinks he's hit the jackpot when he meets a RAIN MAN-like waiter, Wong (Roger Kwok), who has a photographic memory of mahjong titles. Together, the partners in crime attempt to scam their way through a mahjong tournament but encounter a slew of obstacles--including jealous opponents and the enmity of Wong's butt-kicking boss, Auntie Fei (Qiu Yuen)--leading to a zany odyssey of over-the-top comedy, high-flying martial-arts action, and suspenseful mahjong gaming.