Bangkok Nites

In Bangkok’s red-light district, a high-class call girl and a middle-aged army vet search for paradise in a society haunted by decades of foreign exploitation.

"High-class Thai call girl Luck (Subenja Pongkorn) supports her family and is successful enough to be able to pick and choose her clients. Outsider Ozawa (played by director Tomita) is a veteran of the Japanese Self-Defence Force and after decades of peacekeeping in Southeast Asia is still searching for his place in the world. His compatriots are a seedy collection of Yakuza rejects who see Thailand only as a paradise ripe to be exploited. World-weary Luck finds a kindred spirit in Ozawa and accompanies him to visit her family in the rural northeast when Ozawa is sent to Laos to scout business opportunities. Meeting Luck’s family and friends inspires Ozawa, but the scars are still raw in this region literally haunted by the horrors of the past." (New Zealand International Film Festival)

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