Heat After Dark (1997)

Heat After Dark is director Ryuhei Kitamuras first theatrical release This 50 minute film is predominantly a character study within an intense action drama Those familiar with Kitamuras later works perhaps especially Versus will realize this is the beginning of his characetristic modus operandi Here the well defined characters consist of the innocent the cop the relatively good Atsuro Watabe the relatively bad Shinichi Suzuki and the absolutely bad Shigeru Izumiya and a few other Yakuza hoodlums thrown in for entertainment