Nipple-targeting seagulls. Old men rapping in a bathhouse. Drugs smuggled as Italian pasta. Welcome back to The Mole Song’s world. The third and final part of this series of manga adaptations, by IFFR regular Miike Takashi, is once again loaded with delicious madness.
Following Undercover Agent Reiji (IFFR 2014) and Hong Kong Capriccio (IFFR 2017), this time the enemy are Italian mafia smuggling their ‘speed-a-roni’ into Yokohama’s port. Yakuza boss Papilon, fearing for his business, wants to stop them from entering, and so do the Japanese cops: Reiji works for both as an undercover agent. All these complications this give cult director Miike a playground for crazed subplots.
At times fooling us into thinking it’s an ordinary action thriller, The Mole Song: Final is a cocktail that smashes together slapstick comedy, farcical fantasy and puppet animation, with Reiji – played again by the energetic and engaging Ikuta Toma - always at the centre of the tornado that just keeps on spinning.
米洛·马查多·格拉纳,马修·阿马立克,萨利夫·西塞,弗朗索瓦兹·勒布伦,米沙·莱斯科特,欧嘉·米尔施泰因
阿曼达·塞弗里德,丽贝卡·利迪亚德,马克·奥布莱恩,道格拉斯·史密斯,玛雅·巴斯蒂达斯,Vinessa Antoine,林恩·格里芬,瑞安·麦克唐纳德,玛雅·米沙里维克,兰内特·瓦雷,塔拉·尼科迪莫,乔伊·克莱恩,Siobhan Richardson,Aliya Kanani,Ambur Braid,Elizabeth Reeve,Miyeko Ferguson,Michael Schade,Karita Mattila,Jorell Williams
史蒂夫·库根,乔纳森·普雷斯,Vivian El Jaber,比约恩·古斯塔夫松,阿尔芳西娜·卡罗西奥,David Herrero
胡婷华,涂一乐,逗哥,喜子,袁洁仪
张静初,芦芳生,余皑磊,高冬平,董畅,张宁浩,李晓川,富冠铭
河合优实,田中丽奈,根本真阳,森山未来,杉田雷麟,岩男海史,吹越满,萩原圣人,涩川清彦,酒井若菜