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Writer:
Shigenori Takechi (screenplay)
Release Date:
21 August 2004 (Japan)
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Plot:
We begin in 1865, when the Shogunate is on its last legs, but still capable of punishing its enemies...
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1 win
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1 nomination
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(3 articles)
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(From Fangoria. 8 August 2009, 10:00 PM, PDT)
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Art at its bloodiest
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Cast
(Credited cast) | Kazuya Nakayama | ... | Okada Izo |
| Kaori Momoi | ||
| Ryuhei Matsuda | (as Ryuuhei Matsuda) | |
| Ryôsuke Miki | ||
| Yûya Uchida | ||
| Masumi Okada | ||
| Hiroki Matsukata | ||
| Hiroshi Katsuno | ||
| Masato | ||
| Bob Sapp | ||
 | Takeshi Kitano | (as 'Bîto' Takeshi) | |
| Daijiro Harada | ||
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Daisaku Akino | ||
| Chisato Amate | ||
| Mickey Curtis | (as Mikkî Kâchisu) | |
| Ken'ichi Endô | (as Ken'ichi Endou) | |
| Ryuuji Harada | ||
| Yoshio Harada | ||
| Renji Ishibashi | ||
| Tsurutarô Kataoka | ||
| Kirin Kiki | ||
| Kazuhiro Mashiko | ||
| Hiroyuki Nagato | ||
| Mari Nakayama | ||
| Ken Ogata | ||
| Mitsuhiro Oikawa | ||
| Hideji Ôtaki | ||
| Tokitoshi Shiota | ||
| Shun Sugata | ||
| Haruna Takase | ||
| Teah | ||
| Susumu Terajima | ||
| Kazuki Tomokawa | ||
| Tarô Yamamoto | ||
| Joe Yamanaka | ||
| Rikiya Yasuoka | ||
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Also Known As:
Izô: Kaosu mataha fujôri no kijin (Japan) (working title)
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Japan:128 min | Argentina:128 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
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This is Izo:
Izo is about a character who represents the unacceptable in society. The good and the bad parts simultaneously: He is the progressive spirit that rains righteous wrath upon the corruption in religion, government and the world of finance, freeing man from oppressive rulers. And he is the barbarism of which the human animal is capable when running unchecked and uncontrolled; unrestrained. He represents these aspects of the human spirit up through history, and must finally end his existence when man has attained the purity to cast off oppression for good and eradicate his own barbaric tendencies through moral discipline and self-control. Izo is humanity's anger, righteous and frustrated; resolute and indignant, leading us towards utopia while cutting a swath through the sadly ignorant masses that would oppose him.
Izo is a movie loaded with symbolism, and every drop of blood is artistically justified. Even so, it is nowhere near as clear as it could have been, and the entertainment value is merely so-so. Generally a cool movie, not overly pleasant, but certainly a radical artistic statement of solid integrity.
My rating: 8 out of 10.