Velvet Hustler // Roughneck May 16, 2008

// Double Feature

Velvet Hustler stars Tetsuya Watari as a cool hit man hiding out after finishing a job in Tokyo. While in exile, he is fingered for another murder, becomes involved with the murdered man’s girlfriend, and is stalked by another hit man, unbeknownst to him. (97 mins., 35mm)

In Roughneck, Akira Kobayashi stars as a charismatic hoodlum who hooks up with a younger gang member trying to go straight and the geisha girlfriend of the local mob boss. (86 mins., 35mm)

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