Takashi ISHII
A Night In Nude – Salvation
Nippon Cinema ª
Two decades after antihero Jiro’s first adventure, Takashi ISHII sends him out for another trip into the flickering nights of Tokyo and into the abyss of human squalidness. With striking performances, Hiroko SATO and especially Naoto TAKENAKA tell us a simple yet perfectly crafted noir story of sexual abuse, incest and murder.
Japan 2010
126 minutes
Production
"A Night in Nude – Salvation" Film Partners
World sales
KADOKAWA
Cast
Naoto TAKENAKA, Hiroko SATO, Harumi INOUE, Joe SHISHIDO, Machiko KOCHI
About Takashi ISHII
Takashi ISHII, born in Sendai in 1946, first began his career as a manga artist. In 1988, ISHII made his debut film ANGEL GUTS: RED DIZZINESS, based on his manga series of the same name. Numerous pink films followed until his 1995 gangster film GONIN, starring Takeshi KITANO, finally brought him to international prominence. Still, only a few works from his oeuvre of over 30 films are known outside Japan.