City Of Lost Souls (album)
City of Lost Souls may refer to: * The City of Lost Souls, a 2000 Japanese action film * City of Lost Souls (1983 film), a German musical film * City of Lost Souls (novel) ''City of Lost Souls'' is the fifth book in ''The Mortal Instruments'' series by Cassandra Clare. ''City of Lost Souls'' was released on May 8, 2012, and was followed by the sixth and final book in the series, ''City of Heavenly Fire'' in 2014. ...

The City Of Lost Souls
is a 2000 Japanese action film directed by Takashi Miike based on a novel by Hase Seishu. Plot The Brazilian-Japanese criminal Mario hijacks a helicopter and uses a machine gun to attack a prison bus and free his Chinese girlfriend Kei. They attempt to raise money by robbing a cockfight but end up robbing drugs bought by the yakuza Fushimi of the Okayama Group from a Chinese triad boss named Ko moments before. Fushimi's boss demands his finger but Fushimi kills him and takes over his position with the aid of his soldier Yamazaki. Mario and Kei sell the drugs to a local Brazilian TV broadcaster, who attempts to sell the drugs back to Ko but is beaten then given a message that there is a million-yen reward for Mario and Kei. Mario and Kei fly to Okinawa and are about to stow aboard a boat bound for Tapei then escape to Australia with the aid of their fake passports, but Fushimi abducts Mario's former lover Lucia's blind foster daughter Carla, so Mario and Kei return to Tokyo. Kei ...
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City Of Lost Souls (1983 Film)
'' City of Lost Souls'' (german: Stadt Der Verlorenen Seelen) is a 1983 German musical film directed by Rosa von Praunheim and performed by drag queens, travesty artists and transgender people. The film received international attention and became a cult movie beyond the LGBT community. Plot ''City of Lost Souls'' is a primarily fictional narrative about the lives of US cabaret performers and other immigrants in Berlin. The performers struggle for social recognition and professional prospects, bringing autobiographical and authentic aspects of their biographies and life experiences into the plot. Awards * 1983: Nomination for the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival Reception In the context of the time, the transgender film was praised as revolutionary: "This riotous and massively ahead-of-its-time intersectional queer-punk musical has gone on to greatly influence transgender politics." (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) Phil Ieropoulos, Professor of Direct ...
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