Takashi Ishii continues to explore the dark side of Tokyo in this sequel to Black Angel. This time Yuki Amami plays Mayu, a female assassin known as the Black Angel. The films opens with a hit on a Yakuza boss that goes terribly wrong and leaves an innocent woman’s husband fatally shot. Mayu, the widow and the intended target’s bodyguard becomes involved in tangled web of friendship and revenge that can only despair…
Takashi Ishii’s Direction makes for a dark, gritty and intense movie using violence as an expression of anguish. Yuki Amami handles the role of the cool professional assassin with courage and unflinching intensity.
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