Phone Call to the Bar

You're a Sapporo gumshoe, drinking away the blues. Then a call comes: a woman needs a small favor done. But something feels off, though the job looks easy. The detective trusts his gut. Hashimoto's picture keeps the camera close, cutting through neon glare and Hokkaido chill. What remains is a portrait of hard men doing right.

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Hajime Hashimoto directed Phone Call to the Bar in 2011. See Hajime Hashimoto's full filmography, where to start with Hajime Hashimoto, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hajime Hashimoto.

Phone Call to the Bar was released in 2011 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 125 minutes.