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Invisible Waves
Why this pick
Pen-Ek returns to the drifting expatriate, deadpan-criminal-world tension, and exquisitely composed melancholy that make Last Life in the Universe feel both intimate and surreal.
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MOVIE2003 1h 52m THA
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
Kenji is a lonely librarian in the Japan Foundation in Bangkok. Living in an apartment full of Obsessive–compulsive disorder, his half-hearted attempts to kill himself are continually interrupted by the people around him. Kenji's most notable obstacle is his self-absorbed brother, Yukio, a ''yakuza'', or Japanese gangster. Yukio fled from Japan to escape the wrath of his employer, with whose daughter he had had sex. Yukio's friend Takashi suggests that if it were his daughter, he would have the despoiler killed, but Kenji's brother laughs this warning off. Yukio frequents a club where he can enjoy the attention of a bunny-eared Hostess bar, a local girl named Nid. Nid's sister, Noi, is furious at her sibling for having slept with her boyfriend, Jon.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Takashi Miike
Yakuza
Yoji Tanaka
Yakuza (as Yohji Tanaka)
Tadanobu Asano
Kenji
Riki Takeuchi
Takashi
Yutaka Matsushige
Yukio
Ploy Laila Boonyasak
Nid