Scrap Heaven (2005)
Genre: Drama
Duration: 117 minuten
Country:
Japan
Directed by: Sang-il Lee
Stars: Ryô Kase and Chiaki Kuriyama
IMDb score:
6,7 (510)
Releasedate: 8 October 2005
This movie is not available on US streaming services.
Scrap Heaven plot
The lives of three strangers change completely after the suicide of a depressed man who previously held them hostage. They begin to think differently about their lives and decide in a toilet cubicle to make a promise to complete whatever mission the people who read and respond demand.
Actors and actresses
Shingo
Tetsu Katsurai
Saki Fujimura
Chief Shimada
Nurse Sato
Bus Hijacker
Saki's Mother
Misa Aikawa
Mamoru Kutsui
Detective Yabuta
Reviews & comments
Onderhond
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- 87623 messages
- 12892 votes
Stays very well.
Important film for Lee, it is the first time that he manages to put together a somewhat gritty drama with a solid cast. The period was also perfect, early-mid 00s was ideal to set up this kind of film. And the good thing is that they have lost little in quality.
Odagiri, Kuriyama and Kose are very strong, visually there is a sharp edge to it, but the film also contains more than enough great shots. The soundtrack is a bit more modern, the setup of the story is fascinating and the film remains difficult to estimate, because a lot depends on the arbitrariness of the main character.
Lee would later squeeze a few solid dramas out of his ribcage, but this is the moment that it all started to turn in his career. I do miss them a bit, these kind of edgier Japanese dramas (with a slight punk vibe in them). Kind of strange that this film has been snowed under over the years, Scrap Heaven deserves better.
4.0* and a extensive review
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