Ren Osugi is shot while saving the life of his partner, Beat Kitano. He loses the use of his legs. Pensioned off from the police force, confined to a wheelchair, Osugi tries to give himself some purpose. Meanwhile, Kitano quits to take his dying wife, Kayoko Kishimoto, on a sightseeing tour.
There's a Jean-Pierre Melville feel to this movie, with Kitano speaking very little, just occasionally taking off his tinted glasses when out of the sunlight. I suppose there are some very deep subtextual interpretations to this work, but to me it's about a man who is very violent in his work, but very tender towards his wife. It's a very masculine movie, with a lot of violence -- where Miss Kishimoto cannot see it. Very loving and in its own weird way, very romantic.
There's a Jean-Pierre Melville feel to this movie, with Kitano speaking very little, just occasionally taking off his tinted glasses when out of the sunlight. I suppose there are some very deep subtextual interpretations to this work, but to me it's about a man who is very violent in his work, but very tender towards his wife. It's a very masculine movie, with a lot of violence -- where Miss Kishimoto cannot see it. Very loving and in its own weird way, very romantic.