Villain

Villain

2010 · 139 min · JA · 6.4 (31 votes)
Dir. Sang-il Lee · Starring Eri Fukatsu, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Masaki Okada, Hikari Mitsushima, Sansei Shiomi, Mansaku Ikeuchi · Music Joe Hisaishi
CrimeDrama

Shimizu Yuichi is a shy and lonely day laborer looking for love. He aimlessly spends time corresponding with girls via telephone dating services and going on random encounters with girls looking for spending cash. His world is shattered one day when he is involved in the murder of one of his former encounters, the sweet-faced Ishibashi Yoshino who, after being jilted by playboy Masuo Keijo, berates and mocks the troubled loner.

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A deeply unsettling character study that plunges into the dark underbelly of loneliness and desperation. It's a bleak, gritty descent into a disturbed psyche, leaving you with a lingering sense of dread and unease.

grittybleakunsettlingtenseslow-burnneo-noircharacter studypsychological thrillerlonelinessdesperationviolencesociopathy
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