If you loved Blackmail Is My Life, try Black Lizard
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Kinji Fukasaku, and they sit in Crime / Thriller territory. If that's the register that drew you to Blackmail Is My Life, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Black Lizard is
A neon-lit Tokyo summer night. The chime of an antique clock. A jewel thief lures a gumshoe into a mirrored salon where the walls are stocked with stolen faces. The detective’s coat pockets fill with cryptic appointment cards while a sequined hostage listens through a porcelain teacup. This is the year the Japanese camera learned to wink—panavision parody starring one of Toei’s last great gangsters.
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