Down by Law (1986) Original Japanese B2 Poster George Roy Hill more directly invoking the Halley's

more directly invoking the Halley's Comet-tied narrative than the original English-language title

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and Dyan Cannon in a twisted tale of deception

corporate sabotage

casting Sonny Chiba and Chiaki Kuriyama and staging its central fight in a Tokyo nightclub

Down by Law (1986) Original Japanese B2 Poster George Roy Hill more directly invoking the Halley'sJim Jarmusch's Down by Law (1986) is a black and white Louisiana prison escape comedy anchored by Tom Waits, John Lurie, and Roberto Benigni as three mismatched cellmates. Shot by Robby Mller, the film extended Jarmusch's deadpan American independent idiom established in Stranger Than Paradise and became a touchstone of mid 1980s US indie cinema. Released theatrically in Japan on November 22, 1986, with subtitles by Natsuko Toda. The Japanese poster