Au-dessus de la loi

You’re a traveling merchant in 18th-century Edo, selling silk and secrets. Then corpses of fellow killers pile up in the streets. The shogunate’s shadow detective begins asking questions. Sadanaga’s static camera keeps you close to faces that refuse to reveal.

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Masahisa Sadanaga directed Au-dessus de la loi in 1984. See Masahisa Sadanaga's full filmography, where to start with Masahisa Sadanaga, or where to go after you've seen everything by Masahisa Sadanaga.

Au-dessus de la loi was released in 1984 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 123 minutes.