# Cruel Restaurant (2008)

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**Original title**: *残酷飯店*
**Runtime**: 75 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Horror
**Directed by**: Koji Kawano
**Written by**: Koji Kawano, Satoshi Ôwada
**Starring**: Mihiro, Sakae Yamazaki, Katsuya Naruse, Yûsuke Iwata, Miho Funatsu, Toshiyuki Teranaka

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

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.

**Mood tags**: pitch-black, unhinged

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