Mosquito on the Tenth Floor (1983 Japan)
Based on a true story, debut feature of Yoichi Sai-Mosquito on the Tenth Floor (1983) tells the story of a simple but honest police officer. By the book,a field officer conducts systematic operations based in a specific location and he works to ensure peace and tranquility of the public but the thing is that being a cop is a dead end job for Hero (Yûya Uchida) if he doesn't get promoted. Though he tries over and over again, he just fails the test and gets stuck around at a police box, stuck at sergeant grade for decade after decade. What's more, he gets constantly badgered by his ex-wife Toshie (Kazuko Yoshiyuki) and his daughter Rie (Kyôko Koizumi)for more money. Though he gets worried about the way his daughter spends her time out of school, he can't make his wife listen to reason because that's how the youngsters have fun in the changing world while he is sheepishly working to retirement. The only solution for the troubled police officer is to apply for loans. While he gets loans of various amounts from different companies, his only hope is to win at the boat races but hope is not on the horizon for him and the unrelenting psychological pressure he gets himself into changes him from an honest police officer into a rapist, ruffian man. (IMDB shutterbug_iconium)
