Scoop!

Scoop!

2016 · 119 min · JA · 6.7 (21 votes)
Dir. Hitoshi One · Starring Masaharu Fukuyama, Fumi Nikaido, Yoh Yoshida, Kenichi Takitoh, Lily Franky, Takumi Saitoh

Get a big scoop or die. Target, focus and shoot!

MysteryDrama

Shizuoka Miyakonojo is a middle-aged paparazzi photographer. His skills as a cameraman are good, but he gambles and is in debt. When he worked in the editorial department for weekly picture magazine 'Scoop!,' he landed numerous scoops. He now works as a freelance photographer and chases after celebrity scandals. Shizuoka Miyakonojo works with Nobi Namekawa. She is a rookie reporter for 'Scoop!' and they land a scoop.

VIBE

This film feels like a smoke-filled room where ambition clashes with desperation. It's a gritty, cynical look at the underbelly of celebrity chasing, where every scoop comes with a price. The mood is weary, yet darkly funny.

grittycynicalwearydarkly comedicsteadyneo-noircharacter-driven dramagrimy realismjournalismmoralitydebtfame
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