Description
Last Life in the Universe brings together three of the most exciting talents in current world cinema: director
Pen-ek Ratanaruang, Japanese superstar Asano Tadanobu, and Hong Kong-based Australian cinematographer Christopher Doyle (HERO, DUMPLINGS, . Under the guidance of this much-celebrated triumphant, refugee elements of Japanese yakuza films, an unpredictable succession of lush and intoxicating images, and a host of eccentric narrative tics from the cutting edge of Thai cinema converge to tell the story of the mysterious Kenji, a lonely, obsessive-compulsive Japanese librarian's assistant and occasional suicide hobbyist quietly living - and hoping to die - in Bangkok. Hiding from an unknown past, the Mishima-identified and moppishly-coiffed Kenji seems determined on a premature rendezvous with oblivion: when first we meet him, he's already swinging by the neck from a makeshift noose. (Or is he?) If only Nid, the beautiful Thai woman Kenji spies between the shelves one day, hadn't managed to die first. And if only Nid's acid-tongued sister, Noi - who inadvertently begins seducing the suicidal loner back into the chaos of life - weren't leaving for Osaka on the Monday morning plane.
Details
Released: Thu 17 Jul 2008
Catalogue Number: ACC0032
Rating: 
Region: 4 - Suitable for Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, South America, Central America, Pacific Islands and Caribbean
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- Actors: Tadanobu Asano, Sinitta Boonyasak, Matsushige Yutaka
- Director: Pen-ek Ratanaruang
- Producers: Wouter Barendrecht, Duangkamol Limcharoen, Nonzee Nimibutr
- Audio:
- English Dolby Digital 5.1
- Japanese Dolby Digital 5.1
- Thai Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles: English
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Discs: 1
- Format: PAL
- Release Year: 2003
- Running Time: 104 minutes
Availability
Estimated despatch 14-20 days after ordering.