Subete ga kurutteru (1960)

Director:

Seijun Suzuki

Writers:

Seiji Hoshikawa, Akira Ichijo (story)

Stars:

Tamio Kawaji, Ryoko Fukutsu, Tomoko Naraoka

Cast

Credited cast:
Tamio Kawaji	...	Jirô Sugita
Ryoko Fukutsu	...	Toshimi Tani
Tomoko Naraoka	...	Masayo Sugita
Toru Moriya	...	Tamotsu Nakajima
Sayuri Yoshinaga	...	Noriko
Shinsuke Ashida	...	Keigo Nambara
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Tadao Akiyama	...	Nishi
Akio Fujii	...	Katô
Reina Hanayagi	...	Tamae
Kotoe Hatsui	...	Ritsuko
Shigerô Hayashi	...	Eda
Takanobu Hozumi	...	Kôsuke Asuka
Shingo Ishioka	...	Watanabe
Chikako Miyagi	...	Yukie
Toshiko Mizuno	...	Reiko

Storyline

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

8 October 1960 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Everything Goes Wrong

Filming Locations:

Mejiro, Tokyo, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Nikkatsu

Technical Specs

Runtime:

71 min

Color:

Black and White

Did You Know?

Connections

Features Saigo no totsugeki (1957)

User Reviews

When Everything Goes Wrong goes so right

What a great, flowing, virtuoso bit of filmmaking. Effortless interlocking scenes moving one to the next. One character's bit of drama bleeds seamlessly into another. This interlocking style is not originated in this film but many of the more recent films have popularized something that this film did so well 50 years before. There is an apparent joyous enthusiasm with which this film is made and, while the subject matter is at times very intense and not always satisfying, there is an infectious energy on display by a doubtlessly talented director.

Crash, Pulp Fiction and other similar recent films owe a bit of a debt to Everything Goes Wrong and fans of those should take particular interest in this one.

I went into it with no expectations as I knew nearly zero about it and at the time I am posting this review only 16 people have even voted for it. A criminally under-appreciated film and it made an immediate impression on me which has continued to grow to admiration. After seeing Tokyo Drifter, Branded to Kill, Take Aim at the Police Van, Everything Goes Wrong is my favorite film by Seijun Suzuki so far.

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