Keisuke Horibe Movies
- 2008
A mad scientist known as Key Man has created a rampaging virus that mutates unsuspecting humans into nightmarish abominations of nature, and in order to dispose of these repulsive monstrosities, the Tokyo police have created a special squad of fearless freak fighters. Chief among these brave officers is Ruka, a sword-swinging dealer of death who has a special knack for dispatching with Key Man's hideous creations. Despite the fact that they operate on opposite sides of the law, Key Man and Ruka have both dedicated their lives to one common goal: seeking vengeance against the crooked cops who killed both of their fathers many years ago. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Eihi Shiina, Itsuji Itao, (more)
Katsuhito Ishii follows up on his loony, phantasmagoric work Samehada Otoko to Momojiri Onna with this dizzyingly bizarre gangster drama. Low-level yakuza Miki (Masatoshi Nagase) decides that he's had enough of the gangster life and swipes 200 million yen from his boss. He winds up hiding out in a remote dive called Hotel New Mexico, which is run by a middle-aged peeping tom (Yoshio Harada). The proprietor is so much the voyeur that he has fashioned a room in which he can see into every other room in the establishment. Donning yellow tights, a crescent moon-shaped mask, and a box of kleenex, he assumes his special voyeur identity -- Captain Banana -- as he watches his clientele. Sharing his peeping room is Okita (Tadanobu Asano), the geeky, whey-faced son of Captain Banana's dead partner. As the peeping duo look on, Miki gets a series of unwelcome visitors starting with his slinky ex-girlfriend, Kana (Akemi Kobayashi), who though married to a very rich man named Todohira (Yoshinori Okada), will not pay up the debt that she owes him. Soon Todohira too makes an unwelcome entrance, followed by thuggish gangster Sonoda (Keisuke Horibe) and his superior who demanded the return of Miki's ill-gotten goods. Finally, a sociopathic gangland hitman drops by sporting a ludicrously large perm, a gun, and a hair-trigger temper. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Masatoshi Nagase, Keisuke Horibe, (more)
- 1998
Acclaimed director Sabu follows up on his kinetic comedy D.A.N.G.A.N. Runner with this wacky comedic thrill ride about a bored postman on a collision course with fate. Sawaki (played by Sabu regular Shinichi Tsutsumi) is a sick and tired of his tedious toils with the daily mail. One day he encounters his old high school chum Noguchi (Ren Osugi) who works as a yakuza drug mule. Despite his job's considerable occupational hazards -- a missing pinky being one -- Noguchi loves his job, arguing that being a mobster at least makes life interesting. This chance meeting strikes a chord with the postman. While playing hooky from work, he starts to read his charges' letters. One written by a dying lass with cancer named Sayoko (Keiko Tohyama) staying at a local hospital piques his interest. He sets out to visit her the following day and immediately falls in love. In the same ward, he also meets another cancer patient named Joe (Keisuke Horibe) -- a pathologically honest hitman who Sawaki takes an immediate shine to. Meanwhile the police are hot on the trail of Noguchi and start to believe that Sawaki is a part of his drug courier biz as well. After they find Noguchi's disembodied finger in the postman's apartment, they think he's a bloodthirsty loon ball as well. Soon -- in typical Sabu style -- the mobster, the postman, and the hitman are running after each other and for their lives, with the cops in hot pursuit. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Shinichi Tsutsumi, Keiko Tohyama, (more)
