Sleepless Town (不夜城)

Distributed by TOEI PICTURES & ASMIK ACE

Based on the novel Fuyajo, KADOKAWA SHOTEN PUBLISHING

Show me your alien registration cards.

Your name? OK, you, too.

- Li Bao-zhao. - Chinese?

- I'm Taiwanese. - And you?

I'm from Taiwan, too.

Hey, you! Wait!

- Your alien registration card! - I'm Japanese.

Japanese?

- You're Chinese, right? - He is a half breed!

Yeah, a lousy mutt!

You were speaking Chinese. You're not Japanese.

- I am a Japanese citizen. - Show me your registration card.

- Noda! - Yes.

Come here!

Stay here! Yes?

Don't bother them.

Leave the Chinese alone. This is Kabuki-cho, you know?

They all live like parasites in Kabuki-cho.

I'm not Chinese or Japanese Some call me a 'bat.'

Flying around in the dark, using my radar to survive.

Executive Producer: TSUGUHIKO KADOKAWA

Producer: MASATO HARA

Based on the Novel by SEISHU HASE

Screenplay by CHI-NGAI LEE & HISASHI NOZAWA

Original Music by SHIGERU UMEBAYASHI

Cinematography: ARTHUR WONG

Production Design: YOHEI TANEDA

Steadicam Operator: JIMMY WONG

Camera Operator: JIMMY WONG

Starring: TAKESHI KANESHIRO

MIRAI YAMAMOTO

KIPPEI SHIINA

ERIC TSANG

TOSHIYA NAGASAWA SHOSUKE TANIHARA

KEN OSAMU TOMOROWO TAGUCHI

KATHY CHOW SEIJUN SUZUKI

SIHUNG LUNG

Directed by CHI-NGAI LEE

FUYA JO The Sleepless Town

Yeah.

OK.

This way, hurry.

Long time no see.

Hey, Jing Yi is here!

Did you bring that for me?

Let me have a look.

I want to help my brother get a visa. But...

Can you buy me a passport?

Sure, if you have the money.

What's up, Xiu Hong? Any good news for me?

Well, apparently,

Fu-chun is back from Nagoya.

Say that again?

Fu-chun is back.

Idiot.

Why did he come back? He should stay there.

- Who saw him? - Yuan Cheng-gui's thug. For sure.

Shit.

Your man's thug, huh. Which one?

Sun Chun.

What should we do?

Yuan Cheng-gui will force you to give up Fu-chun.

Man! What is it with you Shanghai people?

Why do you always lump me together with Fu-chun?

Why do you make me responsible for his actions?

He killed Mr. Yuan's right-hand man.

Of course we will give you the credit,

because you are his right-hand man.

Sun Chun, what are you doing here?

I have full access to any of the places owned by Mr. Yuan.

Fu-chun's problems have nothing to do with me.

You still have a hard head. You can endure more hits.

Mr. Sun, I am not Fun-chun's right-hand man.

We were just old partners.

Sun Chun, what else do you want? Stop playing the tough-guy.

Mr. Yuan wanted to see you tomorrow. 1 pm.

Hey, remember, don't try to run away.

We just got a call from Hong Kong...

saying that nobody won the three horse racing lotteries.

That means with all three lotteries combined, the total pot...

is 400 million Hong Kong dollars or 6,400 million Japanese Yen.

Mr. Sun, you want to join Mr. Jing Yi in placing a bet?

OK. Then buy me a definite winner,

you got that, Jing Yi?

If you are still alive by then.

This is what we got today. And this is for the ladies' bet.

What a lively Chinese New Year! This year's Hong Kong lottery...

is the most exciting we've had in years, don't you agree?

OK, that'll do.

Jian Yi, why don't you run away?

Go to America. I'll use my connections.

The worst thing about nightmares is...

you forget them the second your eyes jerk open.

I have lots of nightmares...

but I don't remember any.

I'm worried one day I will.

Lately, even being with a woman feels like a nightmare.

- Hello. - Hello?

Mr. Ryu?

Mr. Wang told me to call you.

Which Wang is that?

From Mr. Yuan's place.

Hello?

Hello?

Yeah.

I've got something to sell.

I hear you'll deal in anything but children's organs.

- What is it? - I'll show you in person.

By the Furin Bldg. at 2 pm today. OK?

OK?

OK, but if you don't see me there, just forget it.

- And your name is? - Natsumi.

By the way, Natsumi,

there is no Wang at Mr. Yuan's.

See you this afternoon.

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This is for the lottery.

OK.

I heard Fu-chun was back from Nagoya.

Yuan Cheng-gui wants me to see him this afternoon.

- Where are you going? - To take my morning tea.

Is this a good time for morning tea?

Are you coming to me for something?

Dad, have you decided? I tell you what...

Ken!

How come you never come visit your own sister? What's the deal?

Oh Mom, you're here.

Seems Tian Wen hired a chef from Hong Kong. It'll be a great meal.

- Sister. - Oh, you're here too?

Hey, Ken'ichi!

- Hey, how's it goin'? - Great.

- Look at this new comic book. - Alright, come sit down.

Hi, Grandpa.

Tian Wen is back. And so is Uncle Ye.

Mr. Ye, you came from Yokohama so early.

It is such an honor for me.

- He can't wait to taste the food. - Welcome. Welcome.

- Uncle Ye. - Jing Yi...

How lucky to have two sons,

Tian Wen and Jian Yi, with such different talents.

People like us...

who adhere to the old ways are just seen as talky old men.

The Fukianese just opened a new restaurant with a Hong Kong chef.

No wonder Tian Wen was so nervous!

I'm sure they're no match for Tian Wen.

But they are careful planners. Don't underestimate them.

Perhaps Tian Wen's restaurant should add some Cantonese dishes.

Taiwanese dishes don't really have a wide appeal here.

People who came to Japan from China are mainly from Shanghai,

Beijing, and Guangzhou.

Those people just love Cantonese food. Am I right?

So, you still haven't talked to Dad?

Whatever. Seeing Yuan Cheng-gui is no big deal.

If Yuan and his Shanghai thugs lay a hand on you...

the old man'll lose face.

Don't worry, bro. Dad will help you.

Now, let's go be sociable.

No thanks.

They're speaking Taiwanese. I can't follow the conversation.

Well, you never tried to learn it.

No, because nobody bothered to teach me.

I think I'd use my 300 million...

to open a new restaurant. What do you think?

Guo You, can you call your friend Cui Hu?

I wonder if he can meet with Jian Yi this afternoon.

Tell him it's for me.

No problem.

Jian Yi, the rest depends on you.

Cui Hu from Beijing? Ken, did you have trouble with him again?

You must come to our Chinese New Year dinner. Don't forget.

In this situation, you may want to reconsider

He just mentioned that you have plenty of time to go tonight.

What other news have you heard?

There must be a reason Fu-chun came back.

You mean I am in danger.

Reconciliation between gangs always requires a scapegoat.

Tell me your decision on Hong Kong after you see Yuan.

Ken'ichi, let's go to the game center!

Hey, will you do me a favor?

Of course! What is it? Something dangerous?

Spying.

- Yes! - Shu-rui, come here!

- In a minute. - Shu-rui!

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