''Fuyajo'' (), also known as ''Sleepless Town'', is a drama film released in 1998 based on a novel by Hase Seishū. A

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Japanese Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

co-production, it was directed b

with cinematography by Arthur Wong, who won two awards for the film.

Cast

Takeshi Kaneshiro is a Japanese actor and singer based in Taiwan. Beginning his career as a pop idol, he has since moved his focus from music to film. Kaneshiro has worked with renowned directors throughout East Asia, including Wong Kar-wai ('' Chungking Expres ...

as Kenichi Ryuu *

Mirai Yamamoto is a Japanese actress. Her father is Kansai Yamamoto. Personal life Yamamoto was born in Tokyo, Japan. She met Kippei Shiina in 1995 when they worked together on the series , and began dating him after they co-starred in the 1998 film '' Fuy ...

as Natsumi Sato *

Kippei Shiina is a Japanese actor. Career Shiina portrayed John Rain and co-starred in Max Mannix's '' Rain Fall'' (2009) with Gary Oldman. He starred in Takeshi Kitano's '' Outrage'' (2010). Filmography Film *''Wangan Bad Boy Blue'' (1992) *''A Night in N ...

as Wu Fu-chun * Sihung Lung as Yang Weimin *

Eric Tsang Eric Tsang Chi-wai ( zh, t=曾志偉; born 14 April 1953) is a Hong Kong actor, film director, producer, and television host, best known for hosting the variety show ''Super Trio series'' on the Hong Kong television network Television Broadcasts ...

as Yuan Chenggui *

Kathy Chow Kathy Chow Hoi-mei (; 6 December 1966 – 11 December 2023), or Kathy Chau Hoi-mei, was a Hong Kong actress and singer who was widely known for her leading roles in Hong Kong TVB series during the late 1980s to 1990s such as The Breaking Point ...

as Xiu Hong

Synopsis

''Fuyajo'' is about Kenichi who struggles within the gangster world in Kabukicho. He is despised by locals as being a "fake" Japanese, as he is half

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...

ese and half Japanese. He is framed for covering up for an old friend who murdered one of the bosses, then he meets that person's girlfriend Natsumi and they join as fugitives.

References

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* * {{Rotten Tomatoes, sleepless_town 1998 films 1998 crime films Japanese crime films Hong Kong crime films Films set in Japan Films produced by Kazutoshi Wadakura Films scored by Shigeru Umebayashi 1990s Japanese films 1990s Hong Kong films