Postman Blues

Here's a film that thinks the postal service needs more gunfights. A bored postman reconnects with a Yakuza associate from his past, and soon finds himself drawn into the criminal underworld. It's a decent stab at mixing dark comedy with moments of surprising violence.

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SABU directed Postman Blues in 1997. See SABU's full filmography, where to start with SABU, or where to go after you've seen everything by SABU.

Postman Blues was released in 1997 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 110 minutes.