Director Shunichi Nagasaki (Shikoku) combines compelling atmosphere with excruciating tension in 'Stranger'. Forced to work as a late-night taxi driver after being released from prison, Kiriko's routine of cruising the neon-lit streets and avoiding the attention of her male colleagues is shattered one night when she's attacked by an unseen assailant behind the wheel of an SUV. Each night her stalker returns and his pursuit gets more violent. Dismissed by the police and condescended to by her boss, Kiriko (Yûko Natori) decides to face her attacker head on, and won't go down without a fight! After conquering the world of manga with his award winning 'Be-Bop High School', writer and illustrator Kazuhiro Kiuchi made his directorial debut with 'Carlos', an utterly compelling yakuza film starring cult actor Naoto Takenaka. Ambitious Brazilian-Japanese gangster Carlos gets away with killing a high-ranking yakuza member during an arms deal gone south, but when he's entrusted with investigating the crime, he sees an opportunity to play two rival clans against each other and claim the spoils for himself. When Carlos' actions soon catch up to him, his Machiavellian scheme turns into a desperate race for survival. Tautly directed and visually striking, 'Stranger' and 'Carlos' both put surprising twists on familiar genres to create unique and sterling examples from Toei's early V-Cinema output.
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