
Blues Harp
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Release Date
7/15/1998Runtime
107 minsOverview
Ambitious yakuza Kenji befriends harmonica-playing bartender Chuji, who moonlights as a part-time drug-dealer for the opposing gang. Their friendship is threatened by Kenji's plans for advancement, as well as by his bodyguards growing jealousy of Chuji.
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JapaneseBudget
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A deeply felt portrait of two men caught between loyalty and desire, where the structures of yakuza life inevitably corrupt an intimate bond. The film moves with quiet tension, letting jealousy and ambition slowly unravel what shouldn't have been fragile.
Mood
BittersweetTenseMelancholicRomantic
Themes
FriendshipBetrayalLoveAmbitionCrime
Tone
Tender
Pacing
Slow-burn
Look
NaturalisticHandheld
Structure
Two-hander
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