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First Love - film fun!
Oct. 15th, 2019 10:01 pm
We went to see the Japanese yakuza film First Love last night. The general plot - tensions are high between a yakuza gang and their Chinese rivals. A young yakuza opts out, concocting a scheme with a corrupt cop to steal a drug shipment and blame it on a drug-addicted prostitute. When the prostitute is rescued by an aspiring boxer, everyone's plans fall apart, and suddenly everybody is blaming each other...
It's all really skilfully done, I love the writing for this. The film starts slow, introducing plot and characters (and they are all characters, with roles and motivations) and builds it all up through the first hour. And you know EXACTLY what's coming, and then it all explodes in the Crazy - by that time, there are about five different sides involved, and it's bloody and hilarious and through it all the central couple are just trying to get through the night alive. If that's your kind of thing, it's a really good example of the type.
It's all really skilfully done, I love the writing for this. The film starts slow, introducing plot and characters (and they are all characters, with roles and motivations) and builds it all up through the first hour. And you know EXACTLY what's coming, and then it all explodes in the Crazy - by that time, there are about five different sides involved, and it's bloody and hilarious and through it all the central couple are just trying to get through the night alive. If that's your kind of thing, it's a really good example of the type.
