Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (2006)

A visually stylish tale of two male prisoners bonded by emotion, love and murder.

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writers:

Ikki Kajiwara (novel) (as Ato Masaki), Hisao Maki (novel) (as Ato Masaki)

Stars:

Ryûhei Matsuda, Masanobu Andô, Shunsuke Kubozuka

3 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ryûhei Matsuda	...	Jun Ariyoshi
Masanobu Andô	...	Shiro Kazuki
Shunsuke Kubozuka	...	Sumio Yukimura
Kiyohiko Shibukawa	...	Makoto Tsuchiya
Jo Kanamori
Ken'ichi Endô	...	Assistant to the detective
Renji Ishibashi
Ryo Ishibashi	...	Warden Tsuchiya
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Soji Arai	...	Prisoner 'A' (as Sohee Park)
Shirô Kazuki
Ken Mitsuishi	...	Prison warden
Jai West	...	Deranged Prisoner

Storyline

An unknown future. A boy confesses to the murder of another in an all-boy juvenile detention facility. More an exercise in style than storytelling, the story follows two detectives trying to uncover the case. Homosexual tension and explosive violence drives the story which delivers some weird and fascinating visuals.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | violence | avant garde film | bare chested male | surrealism | 

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Genres:

Drama | Fantasy

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Certificate:

Unrated

User Reviews

!!!!!Brilliant!!!!!

This movie was shown within the gay film- week in my town and I must say, that I now have to widen my film horizon further. This film got everything: A great story, good motives, brilliant colors, great powerful actors and an awful lot of brilliant stylistic ideas. The story of Jun and Shiro two murderers, who meet in prison is not only told through words but through metaphors and pictures as well. Bit by bit and picture by picture you follow the development of their relationship and grow to understand it and them. For me it was a new experience of how stories can be told. Brutal in its realism and beautiful in its way of being told! I can do nothing more than highly recommend this movie to you.

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Shochiku Films

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

26 August 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A

Box Office

Budget:

$10,000,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,520

Company Credits

Production Co:

Eisei Gekijo, Excellent Film, Maki Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1