Mr. Long
New York Asian Film Festival 2019
June 28 - July 11, 2019
When a job goes wrong in Tokyo, a legendary hit man takes refuge in a rundown neighborhood and is soon putting his knife to use cutting up food rather than people. But the mob is never far behind in this hitting actioner and self-actualization tale that masterfully combines punishing violence with poignant humanity.
Q&A with SABU
It’s “like Charlie Chaplin meets Takashi Miike,” Variety wrote about Mr. Long, and rarely has a film so masterfully combined punishing violence with poignant humanity, working both as a hard-hitting actioner and a self-actualization tale. Mr. Long (Chang Chen) is a Taiwanese hit man whose exceptional artistry with his six-inch knife is as legendary as his reticence. When a job goes wrong in Tokyo, he takes refuge in a rundown neighborhood and befriends a little boy. Soon, his cooking skills earn him a local following, and he puts his knife to use cutting up food rather than people. But the mob is never far behind…
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