The Fetist

Rain-slicked alleyways, late autumn, the hum of a flickering neon sign. A ronin trades violence for cash while a painter smears blood-red pigments onto canvas, both circling a woman who doesn’t speak. Feels like Kiyoshi Kurosawa haunting a V-Cinema ghost.

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Hisayasu Satō directed The Fetist in 1998. See Hisayasu Satō's full filmography, where to start with Hisayasu Satō, or where to go after you've seen everything by Hisayasu Satō.

The Fetist was released in 1998 (JA original-language production), with a runtime of 65 minutes.