The film builds up to a big reveal, which makes no sense whatsoever, then abruptly ends. Still, the film is charming in its own way, and contains some nice nighttime cinematography.

A Japanese mystery that tries very hard to be ahead of the viewer, but ends up only becoming confusing and trite. Not a film where much care has been put into development of the characters, and at the end I couldn't give a flying fox about what went on. I'll give points for one rather nasty but comical death scene.

Complicated story plus jumbled direction made this thing hard to follow. It starts off a bit too pat/canned (and certainly if the suspended guard had been pissed off by his fate, that would've added to the tension a bit more..."Hey it's cool, I can use a vacation" lol). I think I understood the resolution...I guess. Seriously, they've got to come up with better English titles for these things...

Starts off beautifully, but the bulk of the film is just an average noir mystery/thriller. The plot is confusing, including at least one instance of the hero suddenly realizing something that he already knew long beforehand, but usually it comes together to make sense. Except the ending, the reveal of who the elusive criminal mastermind "Akiba" is. Maybe I missed something, but I couldn't see any reason for it. Still, the movie is pretty fun, though I'd hoped for a little more style from Suzuki.

Contains one of the most ridiculous assassination attempts in movie history, the kind that never happens in reality but prolongs the suspense and gives the viewers some nail-biting to flesh out the yawns the rest of this induces. No dice, Suzuki. I knew he had to start more traditional but this is as close to forgettable as it gets.