Mr. Long (Ryu san – ミスター・ロン)
Russian title: Мистер Лонг
Original title: Ryu san – ミスター・ロン
Alternative titles:
Mr Long
Drama – Japan, Hong Kong, China, Taiwan, Germany
Production year: 2016
Movie length: 129 minutes
Director: Sabu (Hiroki Tanaka | Hiroyuki Tanaka)
Writer: Sabu (Hiroki Tanaka | Hiroyuki Tanaka)
Cinematograph: Koichi Furuya
Music: Junichi Matsumoto
Movie description:
Professional hitman Long takes on an assignment in Japan. When things go awry, he has to flee. Badly injured, he takes refuge in a deserted part of a small town. A young boy brings him water and clothing. Long installs himself in one of the dilapidated houses where he prepares simple meals for the eight-year-old Jun. Jun’s mother Lily is a drug addict and, like Long, comes from Taiwan. The news of Long’s tasty cooking quickly spreads throughout the neighbourhood, and Long’s neighbours organise a mobile food stall for him. Soon, people are queuing up for Long’s noodle soup. Lily manages to kick her habit with Long’s help and, for a while, it looks as though this could mark the beginning of a new life for this community which fate has thrown together.
The search for a way out of a spiral of violence, for a quiet life and emotional security are topics that pervade Japanese director Sabu’s oeuvre. Seamlessly stringing together the rugged vernacular of gangster films with the tender moments of a burgeoning love story, his new work combines perfectly choreographed outbreaks of violence with contemplative cooking scenes and surprising moments of slapstick comedy.
Boy Actors
Run-yin Bai(Jun, 8 years old)
Year of birth: 2009
Age of the actor:
approximately 7 years old
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