Cruel Restaurant

Rainy Tokyo streets at night a sizzling wok. A gruesome discovery near a beach leads police to Togen Restaurant. Koji Kawano brings dark humor to this genre-bending tale.

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Koji Kawano directed Cruel Restaurant in 2008. See Koji Kawano's full filmography, where to start with Koji Kawano, or where to go after you've seen everything by Koji Kawano.

Cruel Restaurant was released in 2008 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 75 minutes.