Asian Film Festival of Dallas

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Aoyagi Masaharu (a delightful, likeable Masato Sakai) is having a really bad day.  After accepting what he thinks is an invitation to go fishing with an old college friend, Aoyagi soon finds himself to be the lead suspect in the Prime Minister’s assassination.  Having no choice but to run, he looks to a rag-tag band of friends for aid, including a former lover (Yuko Takeuchi), a pop diva, a hospitalized mobster, and – naturally – a serial killer.  Adapting a novel by Kotaro Isaka, filmmaker Yoshihiro Nakamura creates a genre-bending thrill ride that would easily be at home with Hitchcock favorites NORTH BY NORTHWEST and THE MAN WHO KNEW TOO MUCH.  With equal parts edge-of-your-seat thrills and quirky humor, GOLDEN SLUMBER will do anything but put you to sleep. – Sara Rhodes

Director

Yoshihiro Nakamura

Cast

Masato Sakai, Yuko Takeuchi, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Gekidan Hitori

Country

Japan

Language

English Subtitles, Japanese

Alternate Titles

ゴールデンスランバー

Release Date

2010

Runtime

139 minutes

Print Source

CJ E&M Pictures

Exhibition Format

35mm