The Most Terrible Time in My Life(我が人生最悪の時)

Name: The Most Terrible Time in My Life
Genre: Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller

Japan, Taiwan · 1994
1h 32m
Director Kaizo Hayashi
Starring Masatoshi Nagase, Shiro Sano, Kiyotaka Nanbara, Yang Haitin
Genre Drama, Action, Crime, Thriller

Maiku Hama is a private detective working in Yokohama. Hama comes to the aid of a Taiwanese waiter named Yang and agrees to track down his missing brother. Through a series of double-crosses Hama gets embroiled in a gang war and a revenge plot between the two brothers

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The New York Times by Dave Kehr

A mildly amusing Japanese appropriation of 1950's American detective movies.

Village Voice by Dennis Lim

At heart, a work of infectious, unironic affection.

San Francisco Chronicle by Edward Guthmann

Segues confidently from broad humor to tense drama.

San Francisco Examiner by G. Allen Johnson

Kaizo Hayashi's homage to noir B movies, both Japanese and American, is successful as a true labor of love.

New York Post by Jonathan Foreman

Mostly an unfunny, rather dull affair.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

A wildly entertaining detective thriller that succeeds entirely on its own terms.

Portland Oregonian by Kim Morgan

Beautifully acted, the film is touchingly human and, thankfully, devoid of any vapid, ironic kitsch.

Chicago Reader by Lisa Alspector

The gangster-movie plot, themes, and allusions aren't nearly as intriguing as the earnestly kitschy black-and-white wide-screen images or the mesmerizing, minimalist sound effects.