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Product DescriptionFamed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best
known for cult classics "Audition", "Ichi the Killer", and "The
City of Lost Souls", redefines the spaghetti Western with
SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO, a tale written in blood. Two clans,
Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan
led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a
desolate ain town. One day, a lone man, burdened with
deep emotional s but blessed with incredible shooting skills,
drifts into town. Two clans try to woo the lone man to their
sides, but he has ulterior motives. Dirty tricks, betrayal,
desire and love collide as the situation erupts into a final,
explosive showdown..comThe 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 slinger (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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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 slinger (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