Sushi Girl (2012)

Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with... See full summary »

Director:

Kern Saxton

Writers:

Destin Pfaff, Kern Saxton

Stars:

Tony Todd, Noah Hathaway, James Duval

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tony Todd	...	Duke
Noah Hathaway	...	Fish
James Duval	...	Francis
Andy Mackenzie	...	Max
Mark Hamill	...	Crow
Cortney Palm	...	Sushi Girl
Sonny Chiba	...	Sushi Chef
David Dastmalchian	...	Nelson
Jeff Fahey	...	Morris
Michael Biehn	...	Mike
Danny Trejo	...	Schlomo
Destin Pfaff	...	Jude
Stryker	...	Ramone
Cyrus Alexander	...	Martin
David Reynolds	...	Henchman

Storyline

Fish has spent six years in jail. Six years alone. Six years keeping his mouth shut about the robbery, about the other men involved. The night he is released, the four men he protected with silence celebrate his freedom with a congratulatory dinner. The meal is a lavish array of sushi, served off the naked body of a beautiful young woman. The sushi girl seems catatonic, trained to ignore everything in the room, even if things become dangerous. Sure enough, the four unwieldy thieves can't help but open old wounds in an attempt to find their missing loot.

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Plot Keywords:

sushi | nyotaimori | revenge | gangster | exploitation | 

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Taglines:

Revenge is a dish best served raw.

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, torture, language, nudity and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

29 November 2012 (Russia)

Filming Locations:

Universal Studios - 100 Universal City Plaza, Universal City, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$750,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Assembly Line, Level Up Productions, Stray Angel Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While eating fugu, Duke says "I cannot see her tonight. I have to give her up. So I will eat fugu." This is, in fact a famous senryu from Japanese poet Yosa Buson, written in the 18th century.

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Goofs

Right after the car crash, Crow states his arm is broken, yet he's able to catch his glasses with it when they fall off.

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Quotes

Sushi Chef: Remember you are a tray. You must not move. You must not make eye contact. You must not react. No matter what you see... or hear.

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Connections

Followed by Sushi Girl: A Documentary (2013)

User Reviews

Sushi Girl is a delicious slice of death and Mark Hamill is KILLER as a killer!

"Sushi Girl is a delicious slice of death -- a violent and darkly humorous bite of horror grind-house filmmaking at its best. Tony Todd is masterful, as always, but the real show stealer is Mark Hamill (yes THAT Mark Hamill) who is a hoot as a sadistic, flamboyant, snappish, crackup. The movie will certainly reboot Hamill's career as Pulp Fiction did for Travolta. The film also introduces beautiful Cortney Palm (as the perpetually naked Sushi Girl) who got her start on the pages of Girls and Corpses Magazine, jumping on a trampoline in her panties with a corpse. We give the film 5 out of 5 slices of poison blowfish sushi."

-- Robert "Corpsy" Rhine / Girls and Corpses Magazine