Invisible Waves (2005)
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58% of users liked it
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A hit man takes a vacation and finds both danger and faulty workmanship follow him wherever he goes in this offbeat comedy from Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Kyoji (Asano Tadanobu) is a hired killer based in Macau who works for Japanese crime boss Wiwat (Toon Hiranyasup). Kyoji poses as a chef… More A hit man takes a vacation and finds both danger and faulty workmanship follow him wherever he goes in this offbeat comedy from Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanaruang. Kyoji (Asano Tadanobu) is a hired killer based in Macau who works for Japanese crime boss Wiwat (Toon Hiranyasup). Kyoji poses as a chef to maintain his cover, and he gets to put both skills to use when Wiwat asks him to kill his wife Seiko (Tomono Kuga) with a poisoned meal, not a difficult thing to arrange since Kyoji has been having an affair with her for several months. After dispatching Seiko, Wiwat thinks Kyoji could use a little R&R, and sends him on a cruise to Phuket. However, Kyoji discovers he's been given a cut-rate stateroom in which anything that can go wrong does on a regular basis. However, this turns out to be the least of his troubled when he discovers he's being trailed by two mysterious figures -- an attractive single mother who may or may not be flirting with him (Gang Hye Jung) and a large man in a Hawaiian shirt (Mitsuishi Ken) whose motives are difficult to ascertain. Invisible Waves received its North American premier at the 2006 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Pen-Ek Ratanaruang
- Written By
- Prabda Yoon
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Feb 19, 2007 Wide
- Studio
- Palm Pictures
Critic Reviews
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Anton Bitel, Eye for Film
like the delicate images from which it is composed, the narrative of Invisible Waves is a series of suggestions and ellipses that viewers must complete and colour for themselves.
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Jason Gorber, Film Scouts
The story of betrayal, poisoning, karaoke and manky cruise ships is often convoluted despite the deliberate pace.
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Cast
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Tadanobu Asano
as Kyoji
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Gang Hye-jeong
as Noi
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Eric Tsang
as Monk
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Maria Elena Cordero
as Maria
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Toon Hiranyasup
as Wiwat
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Ken Mitsuishi
as Lizard
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Tomono Kuga
as Seiko
- Hye-jeong Kang
- Maria Cordero
- Toon Hiranyasap
- Hideki Jitsuyama
