'Why Don't You Play In Hell?' US Release Date Set For October 31, 2014; Japanese Action Film US Re-Showing Only For A Limited Time

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"Why Don't You Play In Hell?" US re-showing release date set for October 31, 2014 and it will only run for a limited time. This Japanese action film got 82% grade on Rotten Tomatoes.

The actors star in the film are :

  • Jun Kunimura
  • Shinichi Tsutsumi
  • Fumi Nikaido
  • Tomochika
  • Hiroki Hasegawa
  • Gen Hoshino

Originally, "Why Don't You Play In Hell?" was released on March 2013 in Japan only. As per Wikipedia, "the film is based on a 15-year old screen play written by Sono, and has been described by him as having similarities with Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill. North American distributor Drafthouse Films announced its acquisition before it made its world premiere at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, planning a 2014 release in theatres and VOD after its premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] At Toronto the film won the People's Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section."

Meanwhile, the plot summary based on Asianwiki.com reads:

"Muto (Jun Kunimura) and Ikegami (Shinichi Tsutsumi) are two gangsters who hate each other, but Ikegami is in love with Muto's actress daughter Michiko (Fumi Nikaido). Meanwhile, Muto attempts to make his wife Shizue's (Tomochika) dream come true which is to have their daughter appear in a movie.Koji (Gen Hoshino), who is just a passerby, is mistaken for a movie director. Koji then requests to independent film director Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) to cast Michiko as the leading actress in his film. Their situation soon goes completely wrong."

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