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Dancing Mary
Available: Sept. 6 ONLY, All USA
Limited seating
Sabu returns to NYAFF with a ghostly comedy sure to please fans of his trademark blend of merriment and mayhem. When a faded dancehall is slated for demolition, developer Kenji is assigned the task of exorcising the spirit of its former owner, the eponymous Mary. Fortuitously, he meets a high school girl who can see the dead. To complete their mission they must confront tempestuous Taiwanese gangsters and a legendary hitman (Ishibashi, having a field day) to find Mary’s beau, Johnny, the key to their goal. Then all hell breaks loose when the still-living yakuza arrive.
Director: Sabu
Cast: Ishibashi Ryo, Yamada Aina, Naoto
Languages: Japanese with English subtitles
2019; 96 min.