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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0687797123299
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: First Look Pictures
Manufacturer: First Look Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: First Look Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: November 11, 2008
Running Time: 98 minutes
Sales Rank: 5528
Studio: First Look Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: 2007
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Two clans the white genji clan led by yoshitsune and the red heike clan led by kiyomori battle for a legendary treasure in a desolate mountain town. One day a lone gunman drifts into town. Two clans try to woo the lone gunman to their side but he has ulterior motives. Studio: First Look Home Entertain Release Date: 11/11/2008 Run time: 98 minutes Rating: R
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The prolific Takashi Miike co-wrote and directed this strikingly postmodern remake of Sergio Corbucci's 1966 Spaghetti Western, Django. The story is much the same, but the highly stylized fusion of Japanese gangsterism and operatic musings on the Western form makes for a wild and unexpected cult movie. Still, there is not much here beyond the film's relentlessly creative surface, making Sukiyaki a bit wearying. Feuding for centuries, the Genji and Heiki clans both arrive in a 19th century Nevada town, determined to find hidden treasure rumored to be there. In the midst of their fighting comes a solitary gunslinger (Hideaki Ito) courted by each clan to work for them. When he refuses, the cross-currents of betrayal and murder escalate, and hidden truths behind at least one tragedy, and the real identity of an unlikely shooter, come to the surface. The film's energy, dynamic camerawork and almost tongue-in-cheek performances are fun and admirable, and Miike has a fascinating sense of composition. The story gets a little soft just past the halfway point and Miike attempts to fill the void with exhausting new ways of filming bloody mayhem for its own sake. Quentin Tarantino has a small role as a mystery man with a link to these events. --Tom Keogh
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I love Japanese samurai, Western gunfight and Tarantino but this movie seems to fail in all 3. I am not sure why it was done in English. I would prefer Japanese using their own language its more beautiful. The actors were great but the pre-action sequence drama was lacking. I miss the Clint Eastwood pauses before the shooting. Also in the final battle it seems that they killed 2-3 times the number of men that was there.
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First of all I should tell you that I haven't seen the US version yet so I'm not sure which scenes were cut and I'm afraid to find out.
Secondly to give you a frame of reference I'll tell you five of my favorite movies (in random order): 1. Matrix 2. Last Of The Mohicans 3. Chungking Express 4. Edward Scissorhands 5. In The Mood For Love
Now I'll tell you why I absolutely loved this movie. For me it was a formula that was bound to be good: 3 parts Western, 2 parts ... Read More
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The US version has 20 minutes cut out!!! As great as this film is no parts should've been cut. I imported the japanese dvd release as it is in english and quite frankly I was sick of the many postponed US theatrical release dates. The import runs a full 121 minutes instead of just 98. Some people say the cut scenes didn't make a difference, but I disagree. By doing that, you take away from the full cinematic vision Miike had for this film. I'm not sure whether or not he himself cut the footage out, ... Read More
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Now this is the kind of film that Orson Welles would have loved. Miike does it again by surpassing the stunning stylizations of ''Izo'' to come up with a wonderful take on the flexibility of the western genre. Just as the spaghetti western twisted the stylistic forms of traditional Hollywood oaters, Miike bends both into a hyperrealistic dimesion where gunfighters/samurai/yakuza (each with their own multi-levelled gestalts) can do moral combat. No wonder Tarentino loves this guy.
Think ... Read More
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SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO (2007) is Takashi Miike's spin on the Asian Western. While it may not be a wholly original idea, video games have experimented on this mixing of genres such as "Western Samurai", Eiichi Kudo's Fort of Death (1969) and the nearest attempt at an Asian western is Hong Kong's "Peace Hotel"; Miike's version is worth the buzz and the hype. The film exudes coolness and is surprisingly entertaining, it is a fitting tribute to Spaghetti westerns ("Sukiyaki" instead of "spaghetti") and ... Read More
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