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1967

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A not-quite tongue-in-cheek send-up of Japanese censorship and pat, by-the-numbers yakuza gangster films, this gonzo feature follows a lower-level underworld assassin (Joe Shishido) as he's toyed with and tormented by a higher-up after a botched job--caused by a butterfly. Seijun Suzuki's strategically placed animated sequences .. Read more

Starring	Joe Shishido, Mariko Ogawa, Annu Mari
Director	Seijun Suzuki
Genres	Action/Adventure, Thriller, World Cinema

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  Cook me some rice...
  
  This is the film which forced the Nikkatsu studio to fire their uncontrollable director Seijun Suzuki, citing his "incomprehensible movies" as a ... read more »
  
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  - AngrySloucher
  - Norfolk
  - 13 Mar 2004 at 16:13
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  Too clever by half
  
  An arty film which has all the tricks but is pure style over substance. Other reviews say that it is a satire - if so it passed me by, maybe it is just outdated... read more »
  
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  - Wokingham
  - 08 Jun 2009 at 10:00
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  Probably the most bizarre, unusual, avant-arty movie I've seen come out of the 60s. Far ahead for its time and demanding of yours - the viewer must be ... read more »
  
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  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
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  Gave up after 15 minutes
  
  Maybe I should have stuck at this for longer, but there was nothing in the first 15 minutes to hold my attention. The film is shot in poor lighting making it ... read more »
  
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- - goldgreen
  - 7 reviews
  - New Malden
  - 14 May 2008 at 07:38
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  Stylish but confusing
  
  I enjoyed this a lot more than other films by this director that I've seen. As usual it was stylish and confusing but it played down the usual sillyness (... read more »
  
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  - Hackney
  - 18 Oct 2007 at 14:08
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  Brilliantly boring
  
  The brilliance of this film is in its making, the cinematography, the references to pop art, the cutting and the general feeling that here was new cinema, ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 17 Jul 2007 at 14:32
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  Suzuki-san, with this film you are really spoiling us.
  
  Since the end of the American occupation of Japan after WW2, the Jidai-geki (period drama's, usually involving Samurai) style movies that were so popular ... read more »
  
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- - DTurley
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  - Trowbridge
  - 06 Sep 2006 at 20:56
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  Weird Japanese gangster movie
  
  This is one of those cult movies you read about and think 'Sounds cool.' It's a black and white 60s gangster movie in the style of Melville or early... read more »
  
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  - 22 Sep 2004 at 08:12
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  Cook me some rice...
  
  This is the film which forced the Nikkatsu studio to fire their uncontrollable director Seijun Suzuki, citing his "incomprehensible movies" as a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 301226
- - AngrySloucher
  - Norfolk
  - 13 Mar 2004 at 16:13
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- - 3
  - 0
  Cook me some rice...
  
  This is the film which forced the Nikkatsu studio to fire their uncontrollable director Seijun Suzuki, citing his "incomprehensible movies" as a ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 301226
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - AngrySloucher
  - Norfolk
  - 13 Mar 2004 at 16:13
- - 1
  - 1
  Weird Japanese gangster movie
  
  This is one of those cult movies you read about and think 'Sounds cool.' It's a black and white 60s gangster movie in the style of Melville or early... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 19148
- - a customer
  - London, England
  - 22 Sep 2004 at 08:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Suzuki-san, with this film you are really spoiling us.
  
  Since the end of the American occupation of Japan after WW2, the Jidai-geki (period drama's, usually involving Samurai) style movies that were so popular ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 283228
- - DTurley
  - 10 reviews
  - Trowbridge
  - 06 Sep 2006 at 20:56
- - 0
  - 0
  Stylish but confusing
  
  I enjoyed this a lot more than other films by this director that I've seen. As usual it was stylish and confusing but it played down the usual sillyness (... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 485886
- - a customer
  - Hackney
  - 18 Oct 2007 at 14:08
- - 0
  - 0
  Gave up after 15 minutes
  
  Maybe I should have stuck at this for longer, but there was nothing in the first 15 minutes to hold my attention. The film is shot in poor lighting making it ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 565234
- - goldgreen
  - 7 reviews
  - New Malden
  - 14 May 2008 at 07:38
- - 0
  - 0
  Customer Review
  
  Probably the most bizarre, unusual, avant-arty movie I've seen come out of the 60s. Far ahead for its time and demanding of yours - the viewer must be ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 579453
- - a customer
  - UK
  - 23 Jun 2008 at 15:22
- - 0
  - 0
  Too clever by half
  
  An arty film which has all the tricks but is pure style over substance. Other reviews say that it is a satire - if so it passed me by, maybe it is just outdated... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 768008
- - a customer
  - Wokingham
  - 08 Jun 2009 at 10:00
- - 0
  - 1
  Brilliantly boring
  
  The brilliance of this film is in its making, the cinematography, the references to pop art, the cutting and the general feeling that here was new cinema, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 459044
- - Cato
  - 589 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 17 Jul 2007 at 14:32

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  A not-quite tongue-in-cheek send-up of Japanese censorship and pat, by-the-numbers yakuza gangster films, this gonzo feature follows a lower-level underworld assassin (Joe Shishido) as he's toyed with and tormented by a higher-up after a botched job--caused by a butterfly. Seijun Suzuki's ...