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User Rating:
6.8/10   1,146 votes
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Director:
Katsuhito Ishii
Writers:
Katsuhito Ishii (writer)
Minetaro Mochizuki (comics)
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Release Date:
6 February 1999 (Japan) more
Genre:
Mystery | Action | Thriller | Comedy more
Plot:
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
A letdown more (20 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tadanobu Asano ... Kuroo Samehada
Ittoku Kishibe ... Tanuki
Sie Kohinata ... Toshiko Momojiri
Kimie Shingyôji ... Mitsuko Fukuda
Susumu Terajima ... Sawada
Shingo Tsurumi ... Mitsuru Fukuda
Daigaku Sekine ... Sakaguchi
Koh Takasugi ... Sorimachi
Shingoro Yamada ... Taniguchi
Hitoshi Kiyokawa ... Maruo
Yôji Tanaka ... Asahina (as Boba)
Keisuke Horibe ... Inuzuka
Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Hidari
Kanji Tsuda ... Fukazume
Youhachi Shimada ... Michio Sonezaki
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexuality and brief language.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
Canada:108 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:R(A) | USA:R
Company:
Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd. more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Referenced in Shooting Shona (2004) more

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6 out of 13 people found the following comment useful.
A letdown, 5 January 2002
6/10
Author: sharptongue from Sydney, Australia

After reading the other comments, then actually seeing the film, it simply doesn't measure up.

The first 1/3 of the film is quite a blast, with nearly everything the reviews mention - fast editing and sassy dialogue, wacky characters and, for good measure, perhaps cinema history's shortest explicit sex scene (about four seconds).

But after this part, it loses most of its puff and all of its potential originality. A bit like getting on a rollercoaster, having a ripper ride, but the machine slowing to a crawl just before the first big dip, and crawling home slowly.

In conclusion, it does have good stuff, mostly at the beginning. Looks like it wanted to be a weird take on Pulp Fiction but got seriously lost.

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