Nipple-targetingseagulls.Oldmenrappinginabathhouse.DrugssmuggledasItalianpasta.WelcomebacktoTheMoleSong’sworld.Thethirdandfinalpartofthisseriesofmangaadaptations,byIFFRregularMiikeTakashi,isonceagainloadedwithdeliciousmadnessccc
FollowingUndercoverAgentReiji(IFFR2014)andHongKongCapriccio(IFFR2017),thistimetheenemyareItalianmafiasmugglingtheir‘speed-a-roni’intoYokohama’sport.YakuzabossPapilon,fearingforhisbusiness,wantstostopthemfromentering,andsodotheJapanesecops:Reijiworksforbothasanundercoveragent.AllthesecomplicationsthisgivecultdirectorMiikeaplaygroundforcrazedsubplots.
Attimesfoolingusintothinkingit’sanordinaryactionthriller,TheMoleSong:Finalisacocktailthatsmashestogetherslapstickcomedy,farcicalfantasyandpuppetanimation,withReiji–playedagainbytheenergeticandengagingIkutaToma-alwaysatthecentreofthetornadothatjustkeepsonspinning.
