Masatoshi Nagase

As powerful and energetic as ever, Seijun Suzuki's "STYLE" is still stayin' alive. In his lurid, extreme tale of a hit man, Makiko Esumi leads the story as a Nikita-like killer, a woman assassin, strong but uncertain.

As powerful and energetic as ever, Seijun Suzuki's "STYLE" is still stayin' alive. In his lurid, extreme tale of a hit man, Makiko Esumi leads the story as a Nikita-like killer, a woman assassin, strong but uncertain.

Hardships and heartbreak and love color the lives of the women of a mid-19th century Japanese bordello - especially a younger girl who falls in love with all her customers. The last screenplay from Akira Kurosawa.

Aloof teenage Japanese tourists, a frazzled Italian widow, and a disgruntled British immigrant all converge in the city of dreams?which, in Mystery Train, from Jim Jarmusch, is Memphis. Made with its director?s customary precision and wit, this triptych of stories pays playful tribute to the home of Stax Records, Sun Studio, Graceland, Carl Perkins, and, of course, the King, who presides over the film like a spirit. Mystery Train is one of Jarmusch?s very best movies, a boozy and beautiful pilgrimage to an iconic American ghost town and a paean to the music it gave the world.