Sleepless Town (1998)
Original title: 不夜城
Sleepless Town is a 1998 Japanese-language drama movie directed by Lee Chi-Ngai, with a running time of 2h 2m. It stars Takeshi Kaneshiro, Mirai Yamamoto and Kippei Shiina.
Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.
Quick answers
What is Sleepless Town about?
Kenichi is a half-Japanese, half-Chinese man of the underworld. You can sell him anything except children's organs. His domain is in Kabukicho, a gangland controlled by various Shanghai gangs intent on taking control. His former partner-in-crime, Fu-Chun, is rumored to have returned to Kabukicho, having fled years earlier after killing the number two of gangland boss, Yuan. Yuan wants to get even and attempts to do so by using Kenichi.
When was Sleepless Town released?
Sleepless Town was released on 27 June 1998.
How long is Sleepless Town?
Sleepless Town runs 2h 2m.
Who made Sleepless Town?
Sleepless Town was directed by Lee Chi-Ngai.
Cast
- Takeshi Kaneshiro as Kenichi Ryuu
- Mirai Yamamoto as Natsumi Sato
- Kippei Shiina as Wu Fu-chun
- Lung Sihung as Yang Weimin
- Eric Tsang Chi-Wai as Yuan Chenggui
- Kathy Chow Hoi-Mei as Xiu Hong
- Seijun Suzuki as Ye Xiaodan
- Tomorowo Taguchi as Kenji Tozawa
- Shosuke Tanihara as Chou Tianwen
- Kaei Okina
- Yoshimitsu Morita as Gambler
- Hidekazu Nagae