In Yoshihiro Nakamura's serio-comic thriller, when easy-going Aoyagi meets an old friend for a fishing trip he ends up drugged, framed for the Prime Minister's assassination, and on the run from corrupt cops. But he'll get by with a little help from his friends, who include a famous pop diva, a rockabilly deliveryman, a crippled old gangster, and the world's most cheerful serial killer. For all of us who've ever wondered what a cross between Pee Wee's Big Adventure and The Fugitive might look like, search no further than this hugely satisfying pop concoction, already a major hit in its native Japan.