# Pistol Opera (2001)

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**Original title**: *ピストルオペラ*
**Runtime**: 112 min
**Genres**: Crime, Action
**Directed by**: Seijun Suzuki
**Written by**: Izo Hashimoto, Kazunori Ito
**Starring**: Makiko Esumi, Sayoko Yamaguchi, Hanae Kan, Mikijiro Hira, Masatoshi Nagase, Kirin Kiki

> *Killing with style!*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

You’re the ranking blade in a guild of killers. When your name flashes bottom on the next death list a trio of ambitious juniors closes in. The city’s neon blurs between rain and gun smoke. What if the safest contract is to disappear into your own legend. Suzuki frames a yakuza ballet where every corner hides another trigger.

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