Mind Game (2004)

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Mind Game” is about 20-year-old Nishi, who ekes out an existence as an unemployed person in Osaka and dreams of becoming a comic book artist. When he reunites with his childhood love interest, Myon, he does not hesitate to confess his enduring love for her once again. But there is no future for them, as Myon is engaged to be married soon. At least she invites Nishi to her family’s restaurant. There, he meets Myon’s family and, of course, her fiancé – and shortly afterwards, two yakuza who have a score to settle with Myon’s father.

Things go thoroughly wrong for Nishi: while he is lying on the floor, paralysed with fear, one of the yakuza makes a move on his beloved. But when Myon calls for help, it is Nishi who takes a shot and promptly dies. As he faces extinction in the afterlife, his sheer will to live allows him to return to the realm of the living instead – right before his demise.

This time, Nishi does better to surprise his killer in spé and takes to his heels with Myon and her sister. Together, they have to escape an entire yakuza horde, but then, their fate takes a completely unexpected, downright bizarre turn …
»Mind Game« handelt vom 20-jährigen Nishi, der in Osaka ein Dasein als Arbeitsloser fristet und davon träumt, Comic-Buch-Zeichner zu werden. Als er seiner einstigen Angebeteten Myon wiederbegegnet, zögert er nicht, ihr erneut seine fortwährende Liebe zu gestehen. Doch es soll nicht sein, denn Myon ist verlobt und wird bald heiraten. Zumindest lädt sie Nishi in das Restaurant ihrer Familie ein. Dort lernt er Myons Familie und natürlich auch ihren Verlobten kennen – und kurz darauf zwei Mitglieder der Yakuza, die mit Myons Vater eine Rechnung zu begleichen haben.

Für Nishi geht die Sache gründlich schief: Während er auf dem Boden liegt, gelähmt vor Angst, macht sich einer der Yakuza über seine Angebetete her. Doch als Myon um Hilfe ruft, ist es Nishi, der einen Schuss einstecken muss und prompt verstirbt. Als er im Jenseits seiner Auslöschung ins Auge blickt, ist es blanker Lebenswille, der ihn stattdessen ins Reich der Lebenden zurückkehren lässt – und zwar unmittelbar vor dem Moment seines Ablebens.

Diesmal macht es Nishi besser, überrascht seinen Mörder in spe und nimmt mit Myon und ihrer Schwester Reißaus. Gemeinsam müssen sie nun einer ganzen Yakuza-Horde entkommen, doch dann nimmt ihr Schicksal eine völlig unerwartete, regelrecht bizarre Wendung …
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