The City of Lost Souls

Name: The City of Lost Souls
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2002-08-08
Duration: 1 h 43 min
Rating: 6.40
Cast: Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Teah, Michelle Reis, Patricia Manterola

– Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported f..

Type:

Movie

Rating:

6.40 / 10

Duration:

One Hour and 43 Minutes

Release Year:

2000

Original Name:

Hyôryû-gai

The City of Lost Souls (2000) - Also known as Hyôryû-gai

Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.

Styles:

Harsh, Enigmatic, Surreal, Dark Humor, Stylized, Rough, Exciting, Suspenseful, Realistic, Serious

Producing Country:

Japan

Filming Locations:

Brazil, Tokyo, Japan, Asia

Genre:

Crime, Thriller, Drama

Editor's Pick for:

Boys' night

Release Date:

08 Aug 2002

Language:

English, Mandarin, Russian, Japanese, Portuguese, Cantonese

MPAA Content-Rating:

R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Directed by:

Takashi Miike

Story Written By:

Seishu Hase, Ichiro Ryu

Main Actors:

Mitsuhiro Oikawa, Teah, Michelle Reis, Patricia Manterola

Plot:

Japanese-Brazilian Mario and Chinese hairdresser Kei are lovers. Kei is about to be deported. He manages to escape. His plan is to get passports and stow away on a ship headed for a foreign country. With his girlfriend he tries to steal money from the mafia. Instead he gets cocaine which he sells. But Kei is captured by Yakuza and he must save her...

Ratings:

Internet Movie Database:

6.4/10

Rotten Tomatoes:

54%

Metacritic:

47%