Scrap Heaven (スクラップ・ヘブン (Sukurappu Hebun)) is a 2005 thriller/ drama film, directed by Sang-il Lee. The movie was theatrically released to Japan in the year 2005. It was later released to the stores of North America in the year 2007.[1]
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| Directed by | Sang-il Lee |
| Written by | Sang-il Lee |
| Produced by | Suguru Kubota Masami Yanagihara Satoshi Kouno Haruhiko Yoshida |
| Starring | Ryō Kase Joe Odagiri Chiaki Kuriyama Akira Emoto Ken Mitsuishi |
| Music by | Aida Shigekazu |
| Distributed by | Tokyo Shock |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Plot
editA pharmacist, police officer, and a janitor are commuting fall hostages on bus that gets hijacked by a terrorist. The terrorist forces the three into a violent game of Rock, Paper, Scissors and Russian roulette, which the janitor Testsu loses. The terrorist then shoots Tetsu, causing the bus to make a sudden stop. After noticing that pharmacist Saki has only one eye, the terrorist feels remorse and finally turns the weapon on himself. The tragic bus ride leaves police officer Shingo feeling humiliated and ashamed of himself, for not handling the bus hijacking.[2]
Several months later, Shingo and Tetsu meet again. After being humiliated in the police force, and saving Tetsu from the yakuza, the two decide to get revenge on society by starting a revenge-for-hire operation. By scribbling grafitti on bathroom walls to advertise their business, Shingo and Tetsu offer their services to anyone with a problem. They start getting customers like a patient wanting to get revenge on a doctor for malpractice. Meanwhile, the pharmacist Saki, also affected by the hijacking becomes disillusioned and anti-social. She begins to plot her own ways of getting revenge on society by constructing a liquid bomb.[3]
Cast
edit- Ryō Kase as Police Officer Shingo
- Joe Odagiri as Toilet Cleaner Tetsu
- Chiaki Kuriyama as Pharmacist Saki
- Akira Emoto
- Ken Mitsuishi
References
edit- ^ "Scrap Heaven (2005)". FixQuotes. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ Kern, Laura (2007-07-18). "A Hijacked Bus and a Trio of Misfits". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-05-23.
- ^ Scrap Heaven (2005) | MUBI. Retrieved 2024-05-23 – via mubi.com.
External links
edit- Scrap Heaven at IMDb
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