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Wild Zero

Tetsuro Takeuchi

Japan2000 98min 35mm color

Synopsis

Ace, a Rock-n-roll adherent, is a big fan of a popular band? guitarist named Wolf. Ace follows this band, full of expectations, hoping to see Wolf after the live show. Meanwhile Wolf's band and the owner of the live house, Captain, get into a confrontation. As two sides are pointing the gun at each other, Ace gets involved in this fight by crying out loud ?ock-n-roll is immortal!' and ends up wounded. In gratitude, Wolf takes a blood pledge of brotherhood with Ace, and the two separate. In his travel, Ace visits a haunted town and falls in love at first sight with Tobio, a girl working at a gas station. As he tries to rescue Tobio by escaping from the town, they fall into a dangerous situation. Wolf, a Rock-n-roll blood pledge brother, feels Ace? dangerous predicament and runs to his rescue Captain, with the knowledge of Wolf? attempted rescue, goes after to kill Wolf. A tense and exciting scenes take place in the haunted town in their game of cat and mouse. (YOON Yong-soon)

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Tetsuro Takeuchi

Born in 1966. Tetsuro Takeuchi established his own production company 'Takeuchi Kikaku' while he was a university student. He is one of the most popular music video directors in the Japanese music industry, having made many major artists' music videos, such as ULFULS, Spits. < Wild Zero > is his first motion picture.