Postman Blues
Release date: 1997-08-16
Votes: 32
Genres: Crime, Drama, Comedy
Sawaki is a postman who's not quite thrilled about his boring way of life. But his life is about to change when he delivers mail to his old schoolmate Noguchi, who's now a member of the Yakuza, the Japanese Mafia, and just finished cutting his little finger off.
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