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Release Date:
14 July 2004 (France) morePlot:
Minami, a member of the Azamawari crew, highly respects his Aniki (brother) Ozaki who has saved his life in the past... more | add synopsisAwards:
5 wins & 1 nomination moreNewsDesk:
(8 articles)
Takashi Miike’s Gozu returns to R1 DVD (From 24FramesPerSecond. 1 June 2009, 11:40 AM, PDT)
Takashi Miike’s Gozu returns to R1 DVD
(From 24FramesPerSecond. 1 June 2009, 11:40 AM, PDT)
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an insane ride moreCast
(Credited cast)| Yûta Sone | ... | Minami (as Hideki Sone) | |
| Sho Aikawa | ... | Ozaki (as Shô Aikawa) | |
| Kimika Yoshino | ... | Female Ozaki | |
| Shohei Hino | ... | Nose (as Shôhei Hino) | |
| Keiko Tomita | ... | Innkeeper | |
| Harumi Sone | ... | Innkeeper's Brother | |
| Renji Ishibashi | ... | Boss | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Kenichi Endo | (as Ken'ichi Endô) | ||
| Kanpei Hazama | |||
| Masaya Kato | (as Masaya Katô) | ||
| Tamio Kawaji | (as Tamio Kawachi) | ||
| Susumu Kimura | |||
| Hiroyuki Nagato | |||
| Hitoshi Ozawa | |||
| Kazuyoshi Ozawa | |||
| Sakichi Satô | ... | Coffee Shop Manager | |
| Tokitoshi Shiota | ... | Gozu | |
| Tetsuro Tamba | (as Tetsurô Tanba) | ||
| Yoshiyuki Yamaguchi | |||
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Rated R for aberrant sexual and violent content, and for language.Parents Guide:
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France:130 min (Cannes Film Festival) | USA:129 minCountry:
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UK:18 | Australia:R | Australia:R (2008) | New Zealand:R18 | France:-16 | Japan:R-15 | Hong Kong:III | USA:Unrated | USA:RFilming Locations:
Nagoya, Aichi, JapanFun Stuff
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Innkeeper: Ooh...[Minami hides his privates between his legs]
Innkeeper: There's no need to hide something as fine and dandy as that!
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Miike is probably one of only a dozen directors to make 6-8 movies a year. Yet he is the only one to keep not only a consistent quality at this rate, but also to keep surprising his fans. "Gozu" is a case in point.
A yakuza meeting turns ugly when Ozaki, in a paranoid moment, paints a window red with a chihuahua. The boss puts Ozaki's understudy Minami in charge of taking care of him and sends both of them away.
The tongue in cheek yakuza plot provides only the starting point. From there on, it's a cast of characters that would put to shame any freak show and/or dada event. Just as "Ichi the Killer" is a movie about gangster violence taken to its extreme (yakuza are ultimately masochist), so is this one about gangster loyalty taken to its latent homosexual conclusion. However, one could just as easily read it as a study of a character, lost in the effort of coping with the absurd situations that stand in for the jumble of his own emotions and motivations. Minami spends a lot of time riding around Nagoya in his Mustang convertible. As I watched him, I felt in a somewhat similar situation: sometimes riding along Miike, sometimes being taken for a ride, but ultimately just following the trip for the sheer fun of turning, stopping, accelerating, passing, reversing, having a flat tire...
Miike proves not only that he's one of the most innovative and productive directors of all time, but also that unlike critics everywhere, he can take himself not seriously - watch out for quotes and references to some of his earlier classics (Visitor Q, Dead or Alive.) And don't worry, the ending is sure to surprise you, even if you are a seasoned fan. If this is your first Miike movie, watch any other one mentioned in this review first, then come back to this one.