Fuyajo (不夜城), also known as Sleepless Town, is a drama film released in 1998 based on a novel by Hase Seishū. A Hong Kong-Japanese co-production, it was directed by Lee Chi-ngai with cinematography by Arthur Wong, who won two awards for the film. [1]
Fuyajo is about Kenichi who struggles within the gangster world in Kabukicho. He is despised by locals as being a "fake" Japanese, as he is half Taiwanese and half Japanese. He is framed for covering up for an old friend who murdered one of the bosses, then he meets that person's girlfriend Natsumi and they join as fugitives.