i need help finding a film i watched in mid/late nineties which came on channel 4 as part of an oriental / foreign film season.

it came on tv so mustve been a few years old at least. it was a chinese / japanese film, not martial arts, more crime and gangster related. nobody famous of the time.

there is a scene towards the end maybe a finale in a big shopping centre.

throughout the film a think there is a woman hostage.

there is a scene which is outside a courthouse. another scene is a the main gangster in a cell, cops are playing cards i think.

if you have seen city of god u will know what i mean when i say the film is orangy / yellowish. well this one is blueish.

sorry but this is all i remember.. pleaase help!