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Last Life in the Universe is a thailandais film of genre Drama directed by Pen-ek Ratanaruang with Tadanobu Asano
Last Life in the Universe (2003)
Ruang rak noi nid mahasan
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Add to a movie listLast Life in the Universe (Thai title: เรื่องรัก น้อยนิด มหาศาล, Ruang rak noi nid mahasan) is a 2003 Thai film directed by Pen-Ek Ratanaruang. The film is notable for being trilingual; the two main characters flit from Thai to Japanese to English as their vocabulary requires. The film stars Japanese actor Tadanobu Asano and Sinitta Boonyasak.
Synopsis
Kenji is a lonely librarian in the Japan Foundation in Bangkok. Living in an apartment full of precise stacks of books, his half-hearted attempts to kill himself are continually interrupted by the people around him. Kenji's most notable obstacle is his self-absorbed brother, Yukio, a yakuza, or Japanese gangster. Yukio fled from Japan to escape the wrath of his employer, with whose daughter he had had sex. Yukio's friend Takashi suggests that if it were his daughter, he would have the despoiler killed, but Kenji's brother laughs this warning off. Yukio frequents a club where he can enjoy the attention of a bunny-eared hostess, a local girl named Nid. Nid's sister, Noi, is furious at her sibling for having slept with her boyfriend, Jon.Actors
Tadanobu Asano
(Kenji)
Laila Boonyasak
(Nid)
Yutaka Matsushige
(Yukio)
Takashi Miike
(Yakuza)
Riki Takeuchi
(Takashi)
Yōji Tanaka
(Yakuza)
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