SABU
Mr. Long
ミスター・ロン
Nippon Cinema ª
Taiwanese hitman Mr. Long is saved by a Japanese boy after a job gone wrong. Badly hurt, Mr. Long can only repay his saviour by cooking for him and thanks to the nosy neighbors the killer unexpectedly finds himself the owner of a food stall. But he cannot escape his bloodied past for long. Another masterful genre mix of laconic comedy, hardboiled gangster film and emotional drama by cult filmmaker SABU.
ミスター・ロン
Japan, Germany, Hong Kong, Taiwan 2017
128 minutes
Production
Live Max Film, BLK2 Pictures, Kaohsiung Film Fund, LDH Japan, Rapid Eye Movies
Distribution
Rapid Eye Movies
Cast
Chen CHANG, Runyin BAI, Yiti YAO, Sho AOYAGI, Masashi ARIFUKU
About SABU
Hiroyuki TANAKA, better known as SABU, was born in Wakayama Prefecture in 1964. His directing debut D.A.N.G.A.N. RUNNER (1996) was shown at various international film festivals. Many awards and regular invitations to the Berlin International Film Festival followed, where he won the FIPRESCI Award in 2000 for MONDAY. Apart from working as a director, SABU is also active as an actor. Nippon Connection has already screened a number of his films, including HAPPINESS (2016 / NC ’17), JAM (2018 / NC ’19), and DANCING MARY (2019 / NC ’20).