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| Tadanobu Asano | ... | Aman | |
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Reika Hashimoto | ... | Mimi - Ishigaki's wife |
| Kyôko Koizumi | ... | Yoko, Commercial Executive | |
| Hiroshi Abe | ... | Aoyama, the Hypnotist | |
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Ittoku Kishibe | ... | Tatsuya Kobayashi |
| Yumi Asô | ... | Misa, Kobayashi's wife | |
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Kanji Tsuda | ... | Tsuda - Burglar |
| Yoshiyuki Morishita | ... | Morishita - Burglar | |
| Jai West | ... | J - Burglar | |
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Yoshiyoshi Arakawa | ... | Katagiri - Interpreter |
| Vinnie Jones | ... | Hired Killer | |
| Shin'ichi Chiba | ... | Kazama - Advertising Company President (as Sonny Chiba) | |
| Shihori Kanjiya | ... | Kaho Kobayashi | |
| Tomokazu Miura | ... | Doctor Yamauchi | |
| Ryûnosuke Kamiki | ... | Seiichi Kobayashi | |
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A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead; a self-absorbed ad agency creative director who comes up with one unworkable inane idea after another; a British hitman who only wants to know everyone's function in life; and an unfortunate office worker and father whose brain is left scrambled after a stage hypnotist is murdered in mid-performance. Starting off as unrelated plot lines, they intertwine with each other as they continue on their respective ways. Written by Jean-Marc Rocher <rocher@fiberbit.net>
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Hitman: [to Stewardess] Don't think too hard about it. Why don't you just follow your instincts, and give me an answer, NOW.[begins to count down from ten]
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Country:
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19 April 2005 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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I'm not sure how to even begin a critique of this film. The best analogy that I can think of is a bit like the first time I ever went into a sushi bar. - It wasn't just that the food that I ate was completely different to a palate more used to hamburgers or fish & chips, but that the rules were different too. Instead of having a waitress write down the order, I picked out colourful dishes off a conveyor belt, and ate some wonderfully exotic food. All of this wrapped up in a culture that was decidedly Japanese....and I loved it!!
Exactly the same is true of Survive Style 5. It was completely different from the usual movies I watch, the rules were broken, the experience was extremely colourful, wonderfully exotic, it was decidedly Japanese...and I loved it too!!
The film focuses on several story lines, from the fairly tame (the sexual confusion of a group of young friends), to the surreal (the murdered wife who keeps returning to beat up her husband in ever more bizarre ways), to the absurd (the man stuck in a trance thinking he's a bird after the hypnotist is killed)...and beyond.
The first thing that struck me was the brightness & colour of the film. The words 'kitsch' do not do the sets justice, with big pink fluffy 'Hello Kitty' cuteness or neon manga-esquire style. The movie is not drab in the slightest! Also the film wears its 'Japaneseness' on its sleeve, which is further highlighted by the inclusion of the very un-Japanese Vinnie Jones (playing a hit-man who asks the question "What is your purpose in life?" indiscriminately to air stewardesses and pieces of broccoli).
Amongst all this mish-mash of colour, lunacy, absurdity, and surrealism lies a a big heart. While almost completely disparate in some places, the movie ends in a surprisingly satisfying manner (In fact, it's one of the best endings I could imagine for a movie so off-the-wall).
Maybe the film won't be to everybody's taste, especially those who really do not want to try something different, but what can I say? I like to try something new once in a while, and if you're like me, this might be a tasty plate of Futomaki for you!