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Bookmark this pageThe Wicked Reporter (1993)
Director: Rokuro Mochizuki
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
More than his indie debut Skinless Night, this was the film that launched Mochizuki on his distinctive trajectory through the crime and yakuza genres. Matsuzaki is a racing tipster for a sports paper, a lowlife who spends half his time drunk, hangs out with yakuza and other riff-raff and complicates his sex life by succumbing to advances from his girlfriend's sister. As played by Okuda, he's also a figure of considerable hangdog charm. Less a plot-based movie than a guide to the several forms of high stakes gambling in Japan, this centres on his attempt to help a friend swindled in a bent mahjong game. Korean-Japanese actor Haku Ryu appears (memorably) as an inscrutable yakuza in a black leather jacket. The film's success led to two sequels.Author: TR
Cast & crew
Director: Rokuro Mochizuki
Cast: Eiji Okuda, Haku Ryu, Maiko Kawakami, Keiko Suzuki, Makoto Kakeda
Genre(s): Gangsters
Duration: 100 mins
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