Summaries

Nishi leaves the police in the face of harrowing personal and professional difficulties. Spiraling into depression, he makes questionable decisions.

Nishi, a police detective, has had to deal with a series of emotionally devastating events over the recent past. His only child, then preschool age, died two years ago. His wife, currently in the hospital, has been diagnosed with a terminal case of leukemia. And he develops a case of guilt when his colleague Horibe, during a stakeout which Nishi himself was supposed to be on but who, on Horibe's suggestion, was visiting his wife in the hospital instead at the time, gets shot point blank. That guilt is only exacerbated when Horibe, who as a result becomes paraplegic, is abandoned by his wife and child, with Horibe himself at a loss with what to do with his life as being a police was his sole identity. As a means to cope, Nishi becomes increasingly reckless, which affects the way he does his police work. That recklessness extends to his personal life when his wife's doctor recommends that she go home, Nishi, in the process, borrowing money from the yakuza to make ends meet. That recklessness also leads to him taking matters into his own hands as he tries to make his and his wife's life together, for however long it will last, a series of small yet special moments.—Huggo

Nishi is a cop whose wife is slowly dying of leukemia. One of his partners gets shot on the job, which results in him being confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life and becoming suicidal. Nishi, feeling guilty of his partner's accident, tries to help him in any way he can. At the same time, Nishi leaves the police to spend more time with his dying wife. However, in order to do the right things for those he loves, Nishi must do something wrong, which has tragic consequences.—Anonymous

Details

Keywords
  • police
  • tokyo japan
  • illness
  • loan
  • sick wife
Genres
  • Thriller
  • Crime
  • Drama
  • Romance
Release date Jan 23, 1998
Countries of origin Japan
Language Japanese
Filming locations Tokyo, Japan
Production companies Bandai Visual Company TV Tokyo Tokyo FM Broadcasting Co.

Box office

Gross US & Canada $500000
Opening weekend US & Canada $59508
Gross worldwide $500000

Tech specs

Runtime 1h 43m
Color Color
Sound mix Dolby Digital
Aspect ratio 1.85 : 1

Synopsis

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