JAPANESE IMPORTS
KILL-1

Killers
Kawai, Kenji
Jinno, Yui and others

An omnibus of 5 short movies about killers. - 'Pay Off' (directed by Kazuhiro Kiuchi, starring Nobuyasu Sakai): A man negotiates a trader for lots of guns in the midnight parking garage. / 'Candy': (directed by Toshimichi Ookawa, starring Maya Hoshino): A young workingwoman quits the company after punching out the superior who harassed her. She comes to an interview for a new job. She believes it's some kind of sexual service, but actually it's an exam to be a professional killer. / 'Perfect Partner': (directed by Takanori Tsujimoto, starring Mizutama Repppuutai, Yukiko Saitani): A hitman is on the run. He shot the big boss of a powerful syndicate. An old buddy and a pizaa delivery girl accompany him. / 'Killer Idol': (directed by Shuuji Kawada, starring Hiroo Ootaka): While one professional killer talks about his philosophy of killing on a TV variety show aired live, another hitman comes to the studio to kill him. / '.50 Woman (Half Woman)': (directed by Mamoru Oshii, starring Yui Jinno): A female sniper sets up a .50 rifle on the rooftop of a building. Soon, she finds the target in the scope...

The soundtracks – while all having a distinctive flavor – mostly focus on crime jazz, Goblinesque toccatas and atmospheric, neo-Noir scoring… with that special Japanese touch…

Track Listing:
1. INTRODUCTION.
2. Song of Pay off.
3. Ordinary CANDY one.
4. Ordinary CANDY two.
5. Passionate CANDY.
6. Sentimental CANDY.
7. Fighting CANDY.
8. Partnership -easy.
9. Partnership -presentiment.
10. Partnership -hard.
11. Partnership -remember.
12. Partnership -destiny.
13. Partnership -wild.
14. Killer IDOL No.1.
15. Killer IDOL No.2.
16. Killer IDOL No.3.
17. Killer IDOL No.4.
18. Killer IDOL No.5.
19. Killer IDOL No.6.
20. 50 WOMAN -eat.
21. 50 WOMAN -shoot.