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2004

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Three storylines are threaded together in this offbeat Gen Sekiguchi film. A man is left believing he is a bird when the hypnotist is murdered during his act; a group of burglars deal with their mutual desires for each other as they patrol the streets; and a wife that has been murdered by her husband returns from the dead to .. Read more

Starring	Vinnie Jones, Tadanobu Asano, Sonny Chiba
Director	Gen Sekiguchi
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- - 11
  - 3
  Come, Come, Baby!
  
  Insane, funny, mad, nasty, unpredictable, romantic, bizarre and colourful.
  
  Contains scenes of murder, hypnotism, smoking, stabbing, commercials, ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - MikeyboyPaines
  - 53 reviews
  - Fareham
  - 12 Apr 2007 at 13:50
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- - 0
  - 0
  A long, wacky, long movie
  
  What's the best way to describe this movie? Strange, weird, odd? Isn't that just saying the same thing three different ways?
  
  Get it?
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- 908835
- - BigMeUp
  - 268 reviews
  - Midlands, UK
  - 27 Jul 2010 at 13:12
- - 0
  - 0
  Wonderfully Wierd and Oddly Insightful.
  
  This movie is one of the most unusual I have yet to see. The costumes and sets are extremely vibrant, creating a doll house like look to the whole movie. The ... read more »
  
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- 907861
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - H0LLIE
  - 198 reviews
  - UK
  - 23 Jul 2010 at 22:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Bizarre, But Rewarding!
  
  First of all it's overlong and almost wears out its welcome at about the halfway mark because it seems to have nothing at all to say about anything and just... read more »
  
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- 896938
- - a customer
  - Bristol
  - 07 Jun 2010 at 21:19
- - 1
  - 0
  Vinnie Jones should be ashamed
  
  I love Japanese cinema and I quite like Vinnie Jones in Snatch etc. which made me choose this film. Oh what a mistake! I picked up a book after 30mins of ... read more »
  
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- 883845
- - village
  - 4 reviews
  - London
  - 15 Apr 2010 at 22:26
- - 0
  - 0
  Great film
  
  The film's a comedy split into five interwoven storylines, including an ad exec who finds all her ideas hilarious (no-one else does) and a man (named '... read more »
  
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- 841276
- - JulianCAO
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Dec 2009 at 12:37
- - 0
  - 0
  Sorry, but what did i just see?
  
  Bizarre. tres tres bizarre. i still can't make my mind up about this film - can't decide whether or not i like it. i loved the feel, the overall vibe. ... read more »
  
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- 833080
- - Idothheart
  - 12 reviews
  - London
  - 20 Nov 2009 at 21:15
- - 2
  - 1
  a story of pure awesomeness
  
  This movie is filled with pure awesomeness, and that pure awesomeness is so awesome that it blows your head until your eyes rolled back to the back of your ... read more »
  
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- - Picktokyo
  - 54 reviews
  - London, England
  - 20 Aug 2008 at 02:17
- - 0
  - 0
  What's your function in life?
  
  THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS | Show review anywayHide
  
  What's your function in life? Is my question to those who found this film difficult! Perhaps you should just stick to American TV movies that explain ... read more »
  
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  - Coleford
  - 15 Mar 2008 at 13:43
- - 0
  - 0
  Totally Nuts
  
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  This may be the craziest Japanese film out there and trust me I've seen a few. Gen Sekiguchi bangs out five different stories all running together. These ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London
  - 19 Nov 2007 at 18:41
- - 0
  - 0
  MTV Film event
  
  Watching Survive Style 5 is like getting the best MTV music video director and making them make a full length movie Asian Cinema style and so what you are left ... read more »
  
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  - Koppert
  - 257 reviews
  - Scarborough
  - 18 Oct 2007 at 11:23
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- - 11
  - 3
  Come, Come, Baby!
  
  Insane, funny, mad, nasty, unpredictable, romantic, bizarre and colourful.
  
  Contains scenes of murder, hypnotism, smoking, stabbing, commercials, ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 429336
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - MikeyboyPaines
  - 53 reviews
  - Fareham
  - 12 Apr 2007 at 13:50
- - 7
  - 0
  What a roller coaster of a movie!!
  
  SS5+ is an amazingly engaging, funny, and fast-paced film. The surreal sense of humour, amazing soundtrack and extraordinarily rich color make for a truly ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, UK
  - 05 Apr 2006 at 10:31
- - 5
  - 1
  What is your Function
  
  Make the effort and watch this film.It is far better than a lot off stuff you could rent.
  
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  - Morley, Proper Bo
  - 20 Jul 2006 at 21:22
- - 3
  - 0
  Extremely entertaining
  
  A great film, which is very entertaining, very original, has an interesting plot (five different stories which become intertwined was the movie progresses), is ... read more »
  
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- - DJM666
  - 274 reviews
  - Walsall
  - 05 Jun 2006 at 21:37
- - 3
  - 0
  WOW
  
  Again Tadonobu Asano does not dissapoint - and he is only a part of it - check out how repulsive the hypnotist guy is when he is on stage - had me in stitches... read more »
  
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- 440922
- - a customer
  - Cornwall
  - 17 May 2007 at 11:08
- - 3
  - 0
  Bizarre doesn't make it good.
  
  a massive fan of Japanese cinema, and was very much looking forward to this after reading the reviews. Very dissapointed in what i saw. It's so self ... read more »
  
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- 458103
- - a customer
  - London
  - 13 Jul 2007 at 08:33
- - 2
  - 0
  doesn't get any better than this
  
  i've never seen something so original, funny, strange, engrossing in my life. love it.
  
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- 250994
- - a customer
  - Edinburgh
  - 02 Jun 2006 at 20:57
- - 2
  - 1
  a story of pure awesomeness
  
  This movie is filled with pure awesomeness, and that pure awesomeness is so awesome that it blows your head until your eyes rolled back to the back of your ... read more »
  
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- 616457
- - Picktokyo
  - 54 reviews
  - London, England
  - 20 Aug 2008 at 02:17
- - 1
  - 0
  Pleaseing to the eyeball, but nonsensical...
  
  Five interlinked stories about surreal happenings to (mostly) ordinary and dysfunctinal people in Japan. The cinematrography is lush, the colours almost jump ... read more »
  
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- - snesgirl
  - London, UK
  - 07 Sep 2006 at 16:49
- - 1
  - 0
  Wierd!
  
  Good idea. Very modern film. Good music but completely weird. Enjoyed it thouroughly though. Look out for Vinnie Jones!
  
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- 415455
- - Bremner Scott
  - Newcastle, England
  - 27 Feb 2007 at 11:18

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  Three storylines are threaded together in this offbeat Gen Sekiguchi film. A man is left believing he is a bird when the hypnotist is murdered during his act; a group of burglars deal with their mutual desires for each other as they patrol the streets; and a wife that has been murdered by her ...