Junk Food (1998)

Profile

• Movie: Junk Food
• Romaji: Janku fudo
• Japanese: ジャンクフード
• Director: Masashi Yamamoto
• Writer: Masashi Yamamoto
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: April 16, 1998
• Runtime: 82 min
• Language: Japanese
• Country: Japan

Plot

A young woman (Miyuki Ijima) freebases, then ties up the man with whom she’s been having sex. The viewer can’t tell whether she’s a high-priced hooker or a businesswoman on a fling. Suddenly, she slips a plastic bag over the man’s head, and he writhes in a horrifying death by asphyxiation, as the camera moves in for a close-up. Later, it is revealed that she is a high-tech executive.

In another sequence, a Pakistani immigrant (Ali Ahmed) coldly slits the throat of a young woman who says she’s doesn’t want to marry him. Then he murders a friend who doesn’t offer him solid advice on what to do to evade authorities.

Gang members plot against their leader (Kanji Tuda) and beat him senseless. The film then strays to gambling casinos and the profes sional wrestling circuit. — San Francisco Chronicle