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6.9/10   215 votes
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Writers:
Ryû Murakami (novel)
Sumio Omori (writer)
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Release Date:
15 November 2003 (Japan) more
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Plot:
One of a gang of karaoke loving middle aged women is murdered by a young man. Her friends track him down and kill him. His friends track them down and kill the killer ..... and it escalates! | add synopsis
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Fantasia Film Fest: Part III
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A brilliantly executed escalation of violence and revenge. more (4 total)

Cast

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Ryuhei Matsuda ... Ishihara
Kayoko Kishimoto ... Midori Hemmi
Hiroyuki Ikeuchi ... Nobu-chin
Yôichirô Saitô ... Yano
Sawa Suzuki ... Midori Iwata
Miwako Ichikawa ... Sugako
Arata Furuta ... Sakaguchi
Mitsuru Murata ... Sugiyama
Koen Kondo ... Kato
Kanji Tsuda ... Seo
Asahi Uchida ... Karaoke Bar Host
Kaoru Mizuki
Mantarô Koichi
Sado Nagasaki
Houka Kinoshita
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Karaoke Terror (USA) (DVD title)
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UK:112 min
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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful.
A brilliantly executed escalation of violence and revenge., 11 July 2005
9/10
Author: ruvald from Montreal, Quebec

Love it or hate it, this movie will definitely have an impact. It starts with a gratuitous murder that triggers a downward spiral of revenge between two rival factions: middle-aged women known as "The Midoris" and a group of young slackers.

With each gruesome murder comes a slightly more powerful retaliation, which leads to the spectacular finale.

Characters are deep and well thought out. Most of them being completely insane. Yoshio Harada (Gessai the Assassins' Sensei from Azumi) is hilarious as a petty arms dealer with a delusional fixation on what is the greatest plague in human history and a dubious definition of a "noble cause".

You will either laugh yourself silly or be utterly disturbed. You shouldn't miss it either way.

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