AESTHETICS OF A BULLET

“So begins Sadao Nakajima's remarkable character study, as a punk band screams anti-conformist lyrics over a credits sequence vividly depicting the excess of an era, as close-ups of all ages and genders eating with great gusto cuts to scrapyards, garbage compactors and neon-lit lesbians pleasuring each other on a stage.” – Nathan Stuart, Letterboxd

With a deeply impressive performance by Tsunehiko Watase (SYMPATHY FOR THE UNDERDOG) that predates DeNiro’s indelible Travis Bickle by a few years, AESTHETICS OF A BULLET is nonstop style in motion. A yakuza gang selects a good-for-nothing street vendor to stir up trouble in enemy territory. With a flashy suit, a gun and a pocketful of money, he feels like a king but when trouble comes knocking, he realises that waving a gun and pulling the trigger are two very different things.