The Wicked Reporter 1993
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More than his indie debut Skinless Night, this was the film that launched Mochizuki on his distinctive trajectory through the crime and yakuza genres. Matsuzaki (Eiji Okuda) is a racing tipster for a sports paper, a lowlife who spends half his time drunk, hangs out with yakuza and other riff-raff and complicates his sex life by succumbing to advances from his girlfriend's sister. As played by Okuda, he's also a figure of considerable hangdog charm. Less a plot-based movie than a guide to the several forms of high stakes gambling in Japan, this centres on his attempt to help a friend swindled in a bent mahjong game. Hakuryu appears (memorably) as an inscrutable yakuza in a black leather jacket. The film's success led to two sequels.
- Released: 1993-07-19
- Runtime: 100 minutes
- Genre: Crime
- Stars: Eiji Okuda, Hakuryu, Ren Osugi, Toshiyuki Kitami, Maiko Kawakami
- Director: Rokurō Mochizuki, Masao Satô, Hirohide Shibata, Rokurō Mochizuki, Toshio Shiozaki
