The City of Lost Souls
Seen it?2000 | 102 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With a box office flop and almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans and action fans.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 42 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Brazilian-Japanese gangster Mario rescues his Chinese girlfriend Kei as she's about to be deported from Japan. Desperate to escape, he hides in Tokyo's booming Japanese-Portuguese community and seeks passage from the country from a Russian mobster. To meet his price, they hold up a bigtime drug deal between the Chinese Mafia and the local Yakuza.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsBelow par
54% on Rotten Tomatoes, 47 on Metacritic
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerWeak
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 7K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Takashi Miike
- TeahMario
- Michele ReisKei
- Patricia ManterolaLucia
- Mitsuhiro OikawaKo
- Koji KikkawaFushimi
- Ren OsugiOkijima Gang Leader
- Akaji MaroOkijima Gang Member
- Anatoli KrasnovKhodoloskii
- Sebastian DeVicenteRikardo
- Terence Yin Chi-waiRiku