The Magic Hour (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)

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Applying the same formula that made Suite Dreams a critical & commercial success, director Mitani Koki rounds up an all-star cast & even constructs his own town for his hilarious fourth film The Magic Hour. Unable to find a real location that matched his imagination, Mitani built from scratch the nostalgic fictional port town of Sucago, complete with main street & pier, once again enlisting the services of production designer Taneda Yohei, who created the lavish hotel in Suite Dreams & has worked on films like Swallowtail & Kill Bill. One could say that the set is the true star of the film, if not for the star-studded ensemble cast of Tsumabuki Satoshi ( Nada Sou Sou), Sato Koichi ( Sukiyaki Western
- Django), Ayase Haruka ( Cyborg She), Fukatsu Eri ( Bayside Shakedown), & veteran actor Nishida Toshiyuki ( Sukiyaki Western
- Django) as the towns mob boss. Like Suite Dreams, The Magic Hour weaves idiosyncratic people & stories together in amusing & unexpected manners, charming audiences with a delightful scramble of jaunty nostalgia, yakuza gunfights, & sitcom suspense.

In deep waters for stealing the bosss girlfriend (Fukatsu Eri), nightclub manager Bingo (Tsumabuki Satoshi) has been ordered to find legendary hitman Della Togashi, or face a very painful death. With time running out, Bingo desperately hires failed stunt actor Murata Taiki (Sato Koichi) to pose as the hitman. Strolling casually into town for his big break, Murata thinks hes shooting a gangster movie, but hes actually walked into a gang war.