When her mother goes to prison for stabbing her rapist, young Yumi has nowhere to go but to become a hostess at a nightclub where she is further victimized by client and gangsters. She uses her poker skills to keep from surrendering her body but falling in love complicates her goals in this melodrama from the director of IREZUMI and BLIND BEAST.
REVIEW LINK: Arrow Video (US/UK) Region A/B Blu-ray (DVDCompare)
PLAY IT COOL Blu-ray specs:
- 1080p24 MPEG-4 AVC 2.42:1 Widescreen
- Japanese LPCM 1.0 Mono
- Optional English Subtitles
- Audio Commentary by critic and Japanese cinema specialist Jasper Sharp and professor and Japanese literature specialist Anne McKnight
- "Too Cool for School" video essay by Japanese film scholar Mark Roberts
- Theatrical Trailer
- Image Gallery
- Comes with a slipcover, a reversible sleeve featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Tony Stella, and an illustrated collector's booklet featuring new writing on the film by Earl Jackson.
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