Detective Story (2007)
Detective Story (2007)
DVDRip | MKV | 716 x 480 | x264 @ 1907 Kbps | 99 min | 1,52 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
DVDRip | MKV | 716 x 480 | x264 @ 1907 Kbps | 99 min | 1,52 Gb
Audio: Japanese AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps | Subs: English (embedded)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Audition and Ichi the Killer director Takashi Miike takes the helm for this mystery about two men named Raita who attempt to solve a series of perplexing murders. Japanese businessman Raita has just moved into his new apartment when he meets his next-door neighbor Raita, a seasoned detective. Soon thereafter, one of the detective's clients is killed and her liver removed. In short order, another female murder victim has her kidney's removed and a third, her lungs. Now, as the two Raitas follow a trail of bloody clues, their search for the killer leads them to an eccentric artist whose paint is said to consist of actual human blood and organs.
I always approach Takashi Miike with apprehension. he can be extreme, like Ichi the Killer, and he can also put together a good musical comedy like The Happiness of the Katakuris. I was looking forward to The Bird People of China this weekend, but it will have to wait a few days.
What we have here is a return to his roots with blood and gore and maggots, but we also have a good detective story, and a healthy mix of comedy.
Raita Kazama (Kazuya Nakayama - Yakuza Demon) is a detective, and Raita Takashima (Kuroudo Maki - The Goofball, Buddies) is an IT professional. Never have two men been so different, but they live next door to each other, have the same first names, and are joined together in solving some particularly gory murders.
A victim that visited Kazama was found dead the next day with her liver missing. Soon after, another victim was found missing a kidney. Kazuma's pen was at the scene of the second murder. Another quickly follows with lungs missing, and his lighter at the scene.
Kazuma consults a serial killer he captured 15 years ago when he was a cop, just like The Silence of the Lambs. He then tricks Takashima into helping him.
The ending is surreal and gets pretty gory with fingers getting chopped off and a brutal stabbing.
Kazuya Nakayama was fantastic in a goofy sort of character. The humor made this less horror and more detective. Kuroudo Maki was also good in the limited time he had on screen.
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Detective Story (2007)
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