Milieu
Samurai justice is meted out in this Yakuza film set in modern-day New York
Two lone guns for hire inhabit the same building, one living directly above the other. They are sent on their respective missions by anonymous instructions which they receive as text messages into their mobile phones. Once in their game they turn into awesome, unstoppable and faultless killing machines, their every move is carefully calculated. The only thing they don’t know is what fate has in store for them.
- Directed by Dmitry Torgovitsky
- Written by Dmitry Torgovitsky, Marcello Picone and Megumi Kikuraku
- Produced by Dmitry Torgovitsky and Megumi Kikuraku
- Running Time 17 min
- Release Date 2007
- Content Rating Intended Audience: mature
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Written by Dmitry Torgovitsky, Marcello Picone and Megumi Kikuraku
Produced by Dmitry Torgovitsky and Megumi Kikuraku
Cast Takumi Bando:
Helen Kim:
Eiji Yamada:
R. J. Pirchinello:
The original idea for the story was conceived while I was visiting Tokyo a few years ago.
I laid down a few ideas for the movie to Megumi Kikuraku, who worked with me in various capacities in the past, and together we wrote the first draft. Hollywood-based script-writer Marcello Picone joined the writing team and Simone Lageoles, an industry veteran, assisted great deal in finalizing the script.
In realizing the story it was important to me to create a very particular mood for every scene. Three crew members in particular were instrumental in achieving this: cinematographer Christopher Raymond, composer Eiji Yamada and sound designer R. J. Pirchinello.
In Milieu I wanted to create my own universe with its own rules, where Yakuza bosses come to a meeting at a bath house in Brooklyn, sword fights break out on the banks of East River in a broad day light and lonely fearless killers operate like untouchables.
