All Night Long (1992 film)
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is a 1992
Japanese film directed by Katsuya Matsumura
. It is the first in a series of six films. Matsumura won an award for best new director at the Yokohama Film Festival
for this film.
. The teenagers find themselves united by this event and become friends. Later the teenagers hold a party to take their mind off things. Their party is crashed by a local gang of thugs and one teenager finds his newly-found girlfriend being raped. The teenagers deal with the thugs by using extreme violence.
in the Netherlands
on the Japan Shock label. It has been released on DVD in the US by Tokyo Shock and in Japan on both VHS
and DVD by Kadokawa Pictures
(as Daiei Motion Picture Company). Prior to it receiving a DVD release with English subtitles it was heavily distributed on the Video Tape exchange circuit. The film gained a cult
status amongst fans due to the films over-the-top violence and disturbing nature.
1992 in film
The year 1992 in film involved many significant films. -Top grossing films:-Awards:Academy AwardsGolden Globe AwardsNational Film Awards...
Japanese film directed by Katsuya Matsumura
Katsuya Matsumura
is a Japanese film director and screenwriter known for his violent thriller-horror film series All Night Long.-Life and career:Matsumura was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1963. After graduating college, he entered the film industry where he worked on documentary films and short documentaries...
. It is the first in a series of six films. Matsumura won an award for best new director at the Yokohama Film Festival
Yokohama Film Festival
The is a noticed yearly awards ceremony held in Japan. The festival was started as a small affair by fans and film critics, and first held on February 3, 1980. Ten films are chosen as the best of the year, and various awards are given to personnel...
for this film.
Plot
Three teenagers witness the brutal murder of a high school girl by an insane salarymanSalaryman
refers to someone whose income is salary based; particularly those working for corporations. Its frequent use by Japanese corporations, and its prevalence in Japanese manga and anime has gradually led to its acceptance in English-speaking countries as a noun for a Japanese white-collar...
. The teenagers find themselves united by this event and become friends. Later the teenagers hold a party to take their mind off things. Their party is crashed by a local gang of thugs and one teenager finds his newly-found girlfriend being raped. The teenagers deal with the thugs by using extreme violence.
Cast
- Eisuke Tsunoda as Suzuki Kensuke
- Ryōsuke Suzuki as Saitô Shinji
- Yōji Ietomi as Tanaka Tetsuya
- Hiromasa Taguchi as Tamari
- Third Nagashima as Phantom Killer
- Sachiko Wakayama as Yoshiko
- Yumi Goto as Eri
- Ayumi NagashiiRyoka YuzukiRyōka Yuzuki is a voice actress who was born in Anjo, Aichi, Japan. Her younger sister is an adult comic strip artist Sayumi Sakuragi ....
as Girl at the train crossing - Yumi Kayama as Yôko
- Kenichi Mōri as Delinquent Leader
- Keiichi Mano
- Tomoyuki Shimada
- Makoto Ogawa
- Tomorowo TaguchiTomorowo Taguchiis a Japanese actor.After leaving Dokkyo University without graduating, he started to earn his living as an illustrator, writer and pornographic cartoonist. He joined a theatre called Hakken no Kai in 1978 and he made a screen debut in Zokubutsu Zukan in 1982...
as Airline Manager - Rusher Kimura as Industrial High School Teacher
Availability and popularity
The film has been released on DVDDVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
in the Netherlands
Netherlands
The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
on the Japan Shock label. It has been released on DVD in the US by Tokyo Shock and in Japan on both VHS
VHS
The Video Home System is a consumer-level analog recording videocassette standard developed by Victor Company of Japan ....
and DVD by Kadokawa Pictures
Kadokawa Pictures
is a Japanese movie studio.-History:One of the most famous studios in Japan and founded in 1942 as , it is best known for having produced the giant monster Gamera film series and the Daimajin Trilogy. It also produced the Zatoichi and Nemuri Kyoshiro film series and the television series Shōnen Jet...
(as Daiei Motion Picture Company). Prior to it receiving a DVD release with English subtitles it was heavily distributed on the Video Tape exchange circuit. The film gained a cult
Cult film
A cult film, also commonly referred to as a cult classic, is a film that has acquired a highly devoted but specific group of fans. Often, cult movies have failed to achieve fame outside the small fanbases; however, there have been exceptions that have managed to gain fame among mainstream audiences...
status amongst fans due to the films over-the-top violence and disturbing nature.
External links
Reviews- All Night Long review at Midnight Eye
- All Night Long review at Slasherama