Fuyajo Explained

Fuyajo, also known as Sleepless Town, is a Hong Kong-Japanese film co-production released in 1998 based on a novel by Hase Seishū. It was directed by https://zh.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%BF%97%E6%AF%85 with cinematography by Arthur Wong, who won two awards for the film.[1]

Cast

Synopsis

Fuyajo is about Kenichi who struggles within the gangster world in Kabukicho. He is despised by locals as being a "fake" Japanese, as he is half Taiwanese and half Japanese. He is framed for covering up for an old friend who murdered one of the bosses, then he meets that person's girlfriend Natsumi and they join as fugitives.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eighteenth Hong Kong Film Awards Winners. HKFA history. 30 April 2011. 14 April 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160414111921/http://www.hkfaa.com/history/list_18.html. dead.