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Pisutoru opera (2001) -- As powerful and energetic as ever, Seijun Suzuki's "STYLE" is still stayin' alive. In his lurid, extreme tale of a hit man, Makiko Esumi leads the story as a Nikita-like killer, a woman assassin, strong but uncertain.
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Overview

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Director:
Writers:
Kazunori Itô (writer)
Takeo Kimura (writer)
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Release Date:
27 October 2001 (Japan) more
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
Visual Feast in color and composition more (21 total)

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Makiko Esumi ... Miyuki Minazuki
Sayoko Yamaguchi ... Sayoko Uekyo
Hanae Kan ... Sayoko Uekyo
Masatoshi Nagase ... Man dressed in black
Mikijiro Hira ... Goro Hanada
Kirin Kiki ... Rin
Kenji Sawada ... Man at Tokyo Station
Haruko Kato ... Shizuka Orikuchi
Tomio Aoki
Yôji Tanaka ... Koroshi-ya No. 7
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Killer no.9
Kensaku Watanabe (as Sakutarô Inui)
Jan Woudstra ... Painless Surgeon
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Pistol Opera (International: English title)
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Runtime:
112 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.37 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 | Netherlands:12 (2009) (DVD)

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Boom mic visible: As Uekyo speaks into the camera with a Union Jack draped over her, the boom mic drops into the picture for a second or two, then moves up and out of sight. more
Quotes:
Sayoko Uekyo: The guild hasn't forgiven your selfishness. more
Movie Connections:
References Karumen kokyo ni kaeru (1951) more

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8 out of 21 people found the following comment useful.
Visual Feast in color and composition, 25 April 2002
9/10
Author: freakus from San Francisco, CA

This film is not for those who are looking for a typical narrative structure. It can be very chaotic in it's visual style and you may not completely understand what is going on at all times but if you just let this film wash over you with it's vision you will be rewarded.

The plot deals with the rankings in a guild of professional killers. (It is a sequel of sorts to Suzuki's earlier film, "Yaju no seishun" (1963) aka. "Youth of the Beast".) This plot is only an excuse for Suzuki's wild and gorgeous visual style. At times I found myself forgetting the story and just smiling at a certain shot's composition and color. It's a riot of color and a pop culture landmark, do yourself a favor and look for it.

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