Nishi leaves his job as a policeman because he has to attend to urgent personal and important matters. He made some desperate decisions with grave consequences which he must face as a man
An exceptional piece of filmmaking, a drama that blurs the line between the ultra-violent cop movie genre and weepy but moving melodrama, and does it very convincingly.
Kitano makes static, understated movies about existences wasted, and rediscovering the joy of being, for a brief time, alive.... Violence comes in sudden bursts, as a shocking interruption.
