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The Dropout

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A determined detective (Ken Ogata) uses his girlfriend as a decoy to catch a psychopathic killer.

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DanTheMan 2 @DanTheMan2150AD Jan 29 Covered in layers of cigarette smoke and late night blues, The Dropout is a lean and often extremely mean mix of noir detective thriller and melodramatic love triangle, one that quietly critiques the myth of social mobility and exposes the emotional vacuum beneath Japan's late-Shōwa economic confidence. Emphasising resignation over rage, The Dropout is a stark, disciplined portrait of lives lived at the margins, already written off before they fully begin, where status is less a choice than an inevitable outcome of structural and personal failure. See more Read all reviews
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Synopsis A determined detective (Ken Ogata) uses his girlfriend as a decoy to catch a psychopathic killer.
Director
Eiichi Kudo
Genre
Crime, Drama
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 2m
Sound Mix
Stereo