Mosquito on the Tenth Floor

  • 108'
  • Japan
  • 1983
Ex-rocker Uchida Yuya’s acting ambitions have been the ruination of several directors since the 1980s, but not Sai Yoichi. In Sai’s first film as director, Uchida plays a dangerously unstable Tokyo cop who drinks way too much. He’s despised by his ex-wife, he embarrasses his daughter (except when she wants something), and he feels more and more like a rapacious blob in a computer game. His inner rage builds up, occasionally exploding in violence against women, aggression towards strangers and, ultimately, in a destructive but futile anti-social act. Sai finesses the revelation that much of this man’s life is lost in fantasy; he also gives us an early cameo from ‘Beat’ Takeshi (as a bookie) and a reminder of what computer screens looked like before Windows came along.

  • 108'
  • Japan
  • 1983
Director
Sai Yoichi
Country of production
Japan
Year
1983
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
108'
Medium
16mm
Original title
Jukkai no mosukiito
Language
Japanese
Sales
Nikkatsu Corporation
Screenplay
Sai Yoichi, Uchida Yuya
Cinematography
Mori Masaru
Music
Ono Katsuo
Cast
Kitano Takeshi
Director
Sai Yoichi
Country of production
Japan
Year
1983
Festival Edition
IFFR 2010
Length
108'
Medium
16mm
Original title
Jukkai no mosukiito
Language
Japanese
Sales
Nikkatsu Corporation
Screenplay
Sai Yoichi, Uchida Yuya
Cinematography
Mori Masaru
Music
Ono Katsuo
Cast
Kitano Takeshi