Chungking Express (1994) poster
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FilmPG-131994

Chungking Express

DramaComedyRomance

Directed by Wong Kar-wai

Two melancholic Hong Kong policemen fall in love: one with a mysterious underworld figure, the other with a beautiful and ethereal server at a late-night restaurant. From TMDB

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Chungking Express is a 1994 drama comedy romance film, directed by Wong Kar-wai, starring Brigitte Lin Ching-hsia, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tony Leung Chiu-wai.

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  • astro @astro-gazer.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    Love is the beautiful lie we tell ourselves to forget we are alone. 1. Chungking Express 4.5/5 2. Fallen Angels 4/5 3. In the Mood for Love 4/5 4. Chainsaw Man Reze Arc 4/5 My Letterboxd: boxd.it/7HOQ7 #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday

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  • Kirpal Singh @kirpalsingh.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 14, 2026

    Password is : "Love You for 10,000 Years." Movie: Chungking Express (1994) Director: Wong Kar-wai ☁️ ☁️ ☁️ 💙 (Photo during morning walk)

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  • Marco @marco-place.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 3, 2026

    #LetterboxdFriday #LastFourWatched A Great Movie Week, especially after my 90-year wait to see Letty Lynton [Yes, I began waiting prenatally. 😉]. It's gorgeous. And then there was my 32-year wait to see Chungking Express. That was love at first sight. #FilmSky 📽 #MovieSky 🎬 #CinemaSky 🎞️

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    Four 📽 Faves: Wong Kar-Wai Birthday Edition: 7/17/1956. Happy Birthday to a master of visual poetry! Days of Being Wild (1990) Chungking Express (1994) Happy Together (1997) In the Mood for Love (2000) #filmsky 📽

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  • William Buchanan @williambuchanan93.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 15, 2025

    Wong Kar-wai film for tonight Chungking Express (1994) 重慶森林

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  • snow @snowttrpg.itch.ioBluesky · Jan 31, 2026

    Chungking Express is the most beautiful film I've seen since In the Mood for Love. #lastfourwatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky #films #movies

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  • Accented Cinema @accentedcinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 4, 2025

    By the way, the Chungking in "Chungking Express" is the Cantonese pronunciation of Chongqing. The movie name makes a lot of sense now that you know about how surreal the city is.

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  • Create Thought @createthought.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 19, 2026

    Chungking Express - I can't believe this is 30 years old. GREAT movie. Odd Man Out - Really great pre-code morality story. Conclave - Beautifully shot and plus acting. Remarkably Bright Creatures - Excellent adaptation, Sally Field is amazing. #LastFourWatched #letterboxdfriday #letterboxd #filmsky

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  • Cinefeast33 (demon version) 📽📺📚 @cinefeast33.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2025

    Four 📽 Faves: Wong Kar-Wai Birthday Edition: 7/17/1956. Happy Birthday to a master of visual poetry! Days of Being Wild (1990) Chungking Express (1994) Happy Together (1997) In the Mood for Love (2000) #filmsky 📽

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  • Willow Catelyn Maclay @willowcatelyn.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    CHUNGKING EXPRESS (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994) Shoegaze cinema

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  • Disc-Connected: Your trusted news source in physical media @disc-connected.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 15, 2025

    ***ANNOUNCEMENT*** Coming on April 15th on #4K in the US from @criterion.bsky.social: #ChungkingExpress (1994)! The whiplash, double-pronged Chungking Express is one of the defining works of 1990s cinema and the film that made Wong Kar Wai an instant icon.

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  • Joezilla @joezillaz.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2025

    #LastFourFriday Superman (2025) Chungking Express (1994) Dark City (1998) Office Space (1999) #LetterboxdFriday #Filmsky

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 12, 2026

    Coppola put out a list of the movies that inspired Megalopolis but that list also included books! And he didn’t do it as a command, like you won’t understand the movie unless you watch Sunrise or Chungking Express first. He wasn’t promoting a specific streaming service

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  • 🎃 scarecrowcialism 👻 @swolecialism.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2025

    "what's your favorite movie" is an asinine question to ask a grownup but i would reflexively spit out CHUNGKING EXPRESS like half the time and i'd never really feel like it was a wrong answer, either

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  • gon @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 2, 2023

    [REVIEW] Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak - Infernal Affairs (Mou Gaan Dou). cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4326326 *** **This is a pretty cool movie.** *The plot is very interesting*, and there's tons of tension! Definitely keeps you on your toes as the pressure mounts for the main characters, especially in the undercover scenes. There wasn't really a point where I thought anything in the main storyline didn't make sense; **the motivations of the characters are as clear as they should…

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  • YTSL @ytsl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    I've still not recovered by being told by my (considerably) younger brother that "Chungking Express" was an old movie...

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  • Amon wrath_Architect and illustrator 🔞🇧🇷 @amonwrath.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2024

    chungking express is one of my favorite movies !! #chungkingexpress #movie #nsfw #plushies #letherboxd

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  • tania ⊹ @synthstatic.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 1, 2025

    Chungking Express is an April 1st film and an everyday film

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  • SlurpingPus @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 29, 2026

    Faye Wong — Dreams [1994, from Wong Kar-wai's film ‘Chungking Express’; alt-rock]: cover of The Cranberries. Faye Wong is ‘one of the biggest pop stars in the Chinese-speaking world’, at least of the 90s-00s. Born in Beijing, she moved to British Hong Kong at the age of 18, and sang in Cantonese until the late 90s, then switching to her native Mandarin. The cover of ‘Dreams’ is in Cantonese, and was included in Wong's 1994 album ‘Random Thoughts’, under the title ‘夢中人’ (‘Mung Tsung Yan’,…

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  • ez “dyke ghoulfriend” @ezrez.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 21, 2026

    my favorite fumble was going over to a girls place, putting on Chungking Express while we fucked, and then after we finished, i put on a second movie

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  • Flo @flokemon.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 8, 2025

    #EmojiSounds #MusicChallenge 8 - 🎬 This song always brings this movie to my mind! the Mamas and the Papas - California Dreamin' (1963) with a video montage from Chungking Express (1994) youtu.be/G6TyH-dQUV0?...

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  • Ron Chan @rondanchan.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 26, 2026

    ok so, I'm not sure I've seen *any* film more than six times, but the ones that are most likely closest are: Chungking Express In The Mood For Love Cowboy Bebop The Movie Fight Club Snatch Dead Man On Campus ...those last three are a direct result of being a dorm kid in the early 2000s

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  • Kate Armstrong @brainchain.caBluesky · Nov 16, 2025

    Well I searched and we now have French dubs of — Chungking Express —- A Better Tomorrow —- Infernal Affairs So movie nights are sorted for the next few weeks.

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  • The Digital Bits @thedigitalbits.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 17, 2025

    Bits #BD Review – Dennis offers his take on Wong Kar-wai's 1994 film CHUNGKING EXPRESS, available once again on #Bluray from @criterion.bsky.social with a new restoration (#4K #UltraHD review forthcoming). @billhuntbits.bsky.social thedigitalbits.com/item/chungki...

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  • JaneSlainLane @nyjanelane.bsky.socialBluesky · May 31, 2026

    If you have the Criterion Channel and are overwhelmed, my film club has picked an amazing array of under-two-hour bangers, here's a few suggestions: El Clockwatchers Le Bonheur Chungking Express Canoa: A Shameful History Chess of the Wind

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  • Jordan @gm-jordan.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 30, 2026

    My favorite review I saw of Chunking Express said “Bitches will say ACAB and then give Chungking Express 4 and a half stars.” The review gave the movie 4 and a half stars. Anyway… just watched Chungking Express for the first time.

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  • Grobian Syboe @grobiansyboe.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2025

    Chungking Express is a beautiful film about bunking off work

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  • Kinell @sinistercinemastudios.artBluesky · Jun 2, 2025

    NIGHT SNACKS Beat & Edit by Kinell (Sinister Cinema Studios) Felt like making something for myself for a change, so I made a beat sampling part of the soundtrack to one of my favourite films & made an edit for it Movie - Chungking Express (Dir: Wong Kar Wai)

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  • Jen Johans @filmintuition.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 28, 2025

    Btw, I am watching CHUNGKING EXPRESS with my mom who is clearly thinking of another movie because every 5 minutes in the second half, she keeps asking, "doesn't the restaurant burn down?" Lol

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  • Paul (he/him) @peck7235.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 4, 2026

    Chungking Express (1994) I lent out my dvd of this film many years ago and never got it back. This week, I've finally got around to ordering myself a replacement Blu-ray. So looking forward to watching this film again

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  • Laura Lorson @lauralorson.netBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    Favorite movie of last 5 decades: 80s: Wings of Desire 90s: Chungking Express 00s: Samsara 10s: The Tree of Life 20s: Drive My Car

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  • absolute horses @carriempruett.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 20, 2023

    Filmsky, I saw CHUNGKING EXPRESS on the big screen tonight, were you aware that Tony Leung is a movie star and Faye Wong us a divine being?

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  • BilSabab @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 7, 2026

    three film strips from Wong Kar-Wai's short film - In The Mood For Love 2001. This short used to be a part of Three Stories about Food - the original version of what became In The Mood For Love. But then during the production - the ITMFL segment got bigger and bigger and eventually Kar-Wai decided to wholly focus on it instead and the other segments were abandoned. However, the first segment was mostly shot so it was edited into a short movie of its own titled ITMFL 2001. The plot is…

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  • 𝚃𝙷𝙴 𝙰𝚁𝙲𝙷-𝙴𝙼𝙸𝙻𝚈 @nhyrvana.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 23, 2025

    Film you’ve seen 6 times: Young Frankenstien Yellow Submarine* Buckaroo Banzai across the 8th Dimension Chungking Express Once Upon a Time in the West The Good The Bad and the Ugly 101 Dalmatians* Nightmare Before Christmas* The 5th Element Monty Python’s Holy Grail *because of other people

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  • Dirk Lester 🇺🇸 🇬🇧 🇫🇷 ✌🏾 @dirk2112.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    I honestly can't imagine that there is much or even anything left to be said in praise of Wong Kar-wai's brazenly lovelorn Slowdive LP in film form from 1994, Chungking Express, but here goes ...

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  • Jesse Hawken @jessehawken.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 31, 2024

    I was already loving CHUNGKING EXPRESS and then suddenly there was a freeze frame and fade to black and it suddenly became another, even better, movie… youtu.be/IAH-0GKvIrM

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  • an evan @elsplice.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    Friday night Movie night Gonna watch Chungking Express Never seen it

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  • Weremorgan ⚢🔥🐺 @comeuppance.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 19, 2025

    I will only talk about the mythical Straight Yuri in complete and utter seriousness in the context of this film (and Chungking Express, too)

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  • butterfly. ☭ 🇵🇸🔻🇮🇪 @gothgf.ripBluesky · Apr 13, 2025

    ACAB does NOT include Tony Leung from Chungking Express or Infernal Affairs or any other film. ACAB does NOT include Tony Leung.

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  • Frederick @frederickzennor.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 29, 2024

    Full chest, you’ll never know true love until you’ve seen a Wong Kar-wai film; and Chungking Express is one of his finest 🍜 Fall in love 🎟️ taratheatre.com/whats-on/tar...

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  • Slippy @damnslippy.slippy.meBluesky · Dec 2, 2023

    MusicAdvent Day 2: I’m sure it’s been in many movies but for my money, no one’s ever going to use California Dreamin’ better than Wong Kar-Wai in Chungking Express (1994.) (Bonus shout out to Faye Wong’s 夢中人 from the same movie, but I already yelled about that recently.)

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  • Minister Denby @tjmzj.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 26, 2026

    Wong Kar-wai’s Ashes of Time (1994) is not, strictly speaking, a bad movie. (A flawed masterpiece, if you will.) But it was a long and deeply troubled production, and Wong famously took a break in the middle of editing it to shoot Chungking Express, which became one of his most beloved films.

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  • Marina Sofia @marinasofia.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 24, 2024

    Recommend the Medieval Women exhibition at the British Library and rewatching Chungking Express at PCC but maybe not on a Saturday night, could barely move for the crowds

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  • Ignacio Sanchez Prado @isanchezprado.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2024

    Introduce yourself with: One book 📚 — Claudio Magris. Danube One movie 🎥 — Chungking Express One album 💿 — Portishead-Dummy One TV show 📺 — None! 😂

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  • Julia Marchese @juliacmarchese.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    Let's get into Wong Kar Wai's gorgeous 1994 film CHUNGKING EXPRESS today! Starring Faye Wong, Brigitte Lin, Tony Leung & Takeshi Kaneshiro, if you haven't seen this one, I recommend it! Tell me your memories of this one please! #movie #cinema #film youtube.com/shorts/rn6lW...

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  • Anthony S. @sevensoldiers.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 5, 2026

    Tonight I got to rewatch director Wong Kar-wai's masterful film "Chungking Express". It is a simple, powerfully moving and visually stunning story. In 2022, Sight & Sound magazine ranked it as the 88th greatest film of all time. This movie is all that AND a bag of chips. #movies #films

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  • SlurpingPus @[email protected]Lemmy · Jan 17, 2026

    Check out the netlabel plainly named [‘Russian Post-punk’](https://russianpostpunk.bandcamp.com/) for some of that genre from various post-Soviet countries. Some more from Eastern Europe: Russia: - NOM, e.g. [‘Entertainers choir of the conductors reserve’](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UrvHvRMZdpI) — 90s ironic punkish rock, often mocking popular kitsch and consumerism. Now doing some [metal-y songs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toVNex1upbA) with commentary on current events. -…

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  • thesohoriots @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 18, 2025

    Don’t know offhand if a documentary, but a film set in a similar area (Kowloon-adjacent, same vibe) is _Chungking Express._

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  • Sean Gilman @theendofcinema.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2025

    Jeffrey Lau on The Channel Seriously underrated film. Maybe Lau’s best and a worthy follow-up to Chungking Express.

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  • AngelBunny2204 🏳️‍⚧️ @angelbunny.tgirl.gayBluesky · Apr 13, 2025

    #AliceWatch25 Chungking Express (1994) An interesting movie about finding melancholic love after losing a relationship. Very dreamlike atmosphere to how it flows. I enjoyed it

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  • Cody Jarrett @codyjarrett.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 2, 2025

    #AprilFilmChallenge @omacolt.bsky.social 02/04 : A movie than makes you feel good Chungking Express : (WKW -1994)

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  • Joachim Boaz @joachimboaz.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 11, 2024

    Goodness I love this film.... Chungking Express (1994) #movies #film #HongKong

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  • Corey Atad @coreyatad.comBluesky · Sep 17, 2023

    you know what movie is really good? Chungking Express.

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  • gon @[email protected]Lemmy · Sep 2, 2023

    [REVIEW] Wai-keung Lau and Alan Mak - Infernal Affairs (Mou Gaan Dou). cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/4326326 *** **This is a pretty cool movie.** *The plot is very interesting*, and there's tons of tension! Definitely keeps you on your toes as the pressure mounts for the main characters, especially in the undercover scenes. There wasn't really a point where I thought anything in the main storyline didn't make sense; **the motivations of the characters are as clear as they should…

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  • kit @[email protected]Mastodon · Nov 22, 2022

    Doing the "five movies to get to know me" instead of an introduction post. These are: 1. #ChungkingExpress (HKG 1994) 2. #RPGMetanoia (PHL 2010) 3. #Suckseed (THA 2011) 4. #BedknobsAndBroomsticks (USA 1971) 5. #Goncharov (USA 1973) 😉

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  • thatguy @jdwriter.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 18, 2026

    ONE HUNDRED WORD REVIEW: “Police Story” (1985 film) Directed, co-written, and starring Jackie Chan in a cast that includes Brigitte Lin (Chungking Express) and Maggie Cheung (In the Mood For Love), this action film follows a cop who has to protect a key witness from a drug lord. #writing #film

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  • Halloweenennius @nennius.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 27, 2026

    #nowwatching Chungking Express (1994), a Hong Kong film about two brokenhearted policemen ruminating over life and love. I'm enjoying the colour and pacing, though the handheld camerawork is making me a bit queasy. #filmsky

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  • Elisa Davis @elisa515.bsky.socialBluesky · May 11, 2026

    It’s been a great movie weekend. Saturday, in a local theater, THE SHEEP DETECTIVES and THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA 2. At home today, CHUNGKING EXPRESS and KANAL. Tomorrow at @burnsfilmcenter.bsky.social , planning to see BLUE HERON and BROOKLYN.

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  • Bud Parr @budparr.meBluesky · May 6, 2026

    Seeing Chungking Express again tomorrow as part of "THE GRANDMASTER: TONY LEUNG" at @filmlinc.bsky.social Probably fifth or sixth time seeing it, second in a theater. It's such an odd film and so very oddly compelling. #wongkarwai #tonyleung 📽️

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  • SlurpingPus @[email protected]Lemmy · Apr 19, 2026

    ‘The Substance’ was a recent-ish one that's among maybe two new films that I properly liked from the past five or ten years (I'm picky). It's like something that Cronenberg might've cooked up back in the nineties. Best to go into it blind. Takeshi Kitano's ‘Ryuzo and the seven henchmen’ and ‘Broken Rage’ show his trademark humor combined with the yakuza themes, even as he gets up in years. ‘Chungking Express’ is a great older film.

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