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Killers / Kirazu
Directed by The Mo Brothers (Kimo Stamboel and Timo Tjahjanto)
With Kazuki Kitamura, Oka Antara, Rin Takanashi,
Luna Maya, Ray Sahetapy, Mei Kurokawa, Denden
Indonesia/Japan, 2014, 137 minutes
In English, Indonesian and Japanese with English subtitles
When: Saturday, July 19, 11:00 PM
Where: Japan Society
333 East 47th Street, NYC
Between 1st and 2nd Avenues
East Coast Premiere
Official Selection 2014 Sundance Film Festival
Introduction with actor Kazuki Kitamura
"One of the most interesting, disturbing, and provocative takes on the world of the serial killer ever made." --Twitch
Japan Society has announced the addition of a surprise screening of Killers to the JAPAN CUTS 2014 film festival.
Kazuki Kitamura's tour de force performance as an eerily handsome and decadently deranged serial killer centers this remarkable Indonesian-Japanese co-production. Nomura (Kitamura), a wealthy expat returned to Tokyo from the U.S. after the financial crisis, has taken to killing young women and uploading videos of the acts. Bayu Aditya (rapper Oka Antara), an honest Jakarta journalist whose personal life has been destroyed by a corrupt politician, encounters Nomura's viral snuff films online and his sense of vigilante justice becomes a dangerous bloodthirst.
Communicating anonymously online, Nomura encourages the fledgling killer, but when Bayu wants out, Nomura forces him to complete the transformation in a bloody, operatic finale. Executive produced by Gareth Evans of The Raid, Killers channels American Psycho and Seijun Suzuki's Branded to Kill by way of Johnnie To's Fulltime Killer. By turns funny and assaultive, Killers is one of the most disturbing and rewarding viewing experiences in years. (Synopsis courtesy japan Society)
18+ This film is unrated, but may only be viewed by persons 18 years of age and older.
Part of JAPAN CUTS 2014.
