A grief-stricken author attempts to reconnect with society by taking a job at a nursing home for the severely disabled in Yuya Ishii’s compelling drama The Moon, inspired by a real-life Japanese tragedy and adapted from the novel by Yo Hemmi. Rie Miyazawa (Pale Moon) is sensational in the lead role, but is surrounded by an equally impressive ensemble that includes Joe Odagiri (Adrift in Tokyo), Fumi Nikaido (Why Don't You Play in Hell?), and Hayato Isomura (Tokyo Revengers). Yoko (Miyazawa) and her husband Shohei (Odagiri) are battling to keep their marriage on course following the death of their infant son due to a congenital heart disease. Yoko previously found success as a writer, publishing a celebrated novel about the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake. Since...
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- 10/6/2023
- Screen Anarchy
On Friday nights, IndieWire After Dark takes a feature-length beat to honor fringe cinema in the streaming age.
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Is This Gift from the Fuck Bombers the Greatest Movie Ever Made?
One dramatic question plays out twice in Sion Sono’s gleeful, blood-soaked, meta-masterpiece “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” As a ragtag group of amateur filmmakers known as the Fuck Bombers pursues their earnest quest — to achieve all-time cinematic superiority by capturing the real violence of a yakuza war — every slice of skin and splice of footage demands to know: Is this the greatest movie ever made?
In short, not quite.
As a matter of craft, Sono’s...
First, the spoiler-free pitch for one editor’s midnight movie pick — something weird and wonderful from any age of film that deserves our memorializing.
Then, the spoiler-filled aftermath as experienced by the unwitting editor attacked by this week’s recommendation.
The Pitch: Is This Gift from the Fuck Bombers the Greatest Movie Ever Made?
One dramatic question plays out twice in Sion Sono’s gleeful, blood-soaked, meta-masterpiece “Why Don’t You Play in Hell?” As a ragtag group of amateur filmmakers known as the Fuck Bombers pursues their earnest quest — to achieve all-time cinematic superiority by capturing the real violence of a yakuza war — every slice of skin and splice of footage demands to know: Is this the greatest movie ever made?
In short, not quite.
As a matter of craft, Sono’s...
- 7/8/2023
- by Christian Zilko and Alison Foreman
- Indiewire
The concept of meta in cinema has been on the rise lately, with a number of movies about movies coming to the fore, with different approaches, from “Why Don't You Play in Hell?” to “Nina Wu” and everything between. Soon Teik Ong presents a short that also has the concept as its base, but essentially moves into a whole different direction.
“Neither Nor” is screening at Busan International Short Film Festival
Three graduate Chinese students, one boy and two girls, are shooting a film in the balcony of an apartment building, and talking about how the protagonist (one of the girls) will jump for the sake of the movie. The dynamics among them become evident from this very first scene. The protagonist expresses her issues with how the scene is shot, the girl who acts as the director listens and responds to her, before she mentions that next, they will shoot in a mosque.
“Neither Nor” is screening at Busan International Short Film Festival
Three graduate Chinese students, one boy and two girls, are shooting a film in the balcony of an apartment building, and talking about how the protagonist (one of the girls) will jump for the sake of the movie. The dynamics among them become evident from this very first scene. The protagonist expresses her issues with how the scene is shot, the girl who acts as the director listens and responds to her, before she mentions that next, they will shoot in a mosque.
- 4/20/2023
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
Japanese firm also boards ‘Yes, I Can’t Swim’ ahead of Filmart Online.
Japan’s Free Stone Productions has closed a brace of deals on upcoming romantic drama Tsuyukusa from veteran director Hideyuki Hirayama.
The feature has been sold to South Korea (Jinjin Pictures) and Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment) ahead of Hong Kong’s Filmart Online, where Free Stone will present the film as part of its slate this week.
Hirayama is known for directing features such as Turn and Begging For Love, which was Japan’s submission for the best foreign language film Oscar in 1998 and won the Japanese...
Japan’s Free Stone Productions has closed a brace of deals on upcoming romantic drama Tsuyukusa from veteran director Hideyuki Hirayama.
The feature has been sold to South Korea (Jinjin Pictures) and Taiwan (Sky Digi Entertainment) ahead of Hong Kong’s Filmart Online, where Free Stone will present the film as part of its slate this week.
Hirayama is known for directing features such as Turn and Begging For Love, which was Japan’s submission for the best foreign language film Oscar in 1998 and won the Japanese...
- 3/14/2022
- by Jean Noh
- ScreenDaily
The premium streaming bundle AMC+ and Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Prisoners Of The Ghostland will stream exclusively on both platforms in the U.S. starting on November 19. The film, starring Nicolas Cage (Mandy), made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). In addition to Cage, the film stars Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy, The Raid: Redemption, The Greatest Showman) composed the original score.
Prisoners Of The Ghostland is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by...
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). In addition to Cage, the film stars Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy, The Raid: Redemption, The Greatest Showman) composed the original score.
Prisoners Of The Ghostland is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by...
- 10/27/2021
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Prisoners Of The Ghostland starring Nicolas Cage will stream exclusively on AMC+ and on Shudder in the U.S. starting on November 19. Here’s the trailer:
The premium streaming bundle AMC+ and Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Prisoners Of The Ghostland will stream exclusively on both platforms in the U.S. starting on November 19. The film, starring Nicolas Cage (Mandy), made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). In addition to Cage, the film stars Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy, The Raid: Redemption, The Greatest Showman) composed the original score.
The premium streaming bundle AMC+ and Shudder, the premium streaming service for horror, thriller and the supernatural, announced that Prisoners Of The Ghostland will stream exclusively on both platforms in the U.S. starting on November 19. The film, starring Nicolas Cage (Mandy), made its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). In addition to Cage, the film stars Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese (Tron: Legacy, The Raid: Redemption, The Greatest Showman) composed the original score.
- 10/25/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Nicolas Cage has made a lot of crazy movies, but he himself has claimed that Prisoners of the Ghostland “might be the wildest movie” of his career. In this gonzo curiosity from director Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell?), Cage is a convict who gets sent into a surreal wasteland to rescue the granddaughter […]
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- 8/11/2021
- by Chris Evangelista
- Slash Film
“After the Sasaya family is forced to sell their luxury home, their daughter Akane invites her Twitter followers to a party. Soon the most eccentric characters storm their home for an unforgettable event. The most imaginative and quirky film of this year’s festival has it all: monstrous coffee beans, living statues, weddings, funerals and, of course, cats.” (Nippon Connection)
“Wonderful Paradise” is screening at Nippon Connection
The latest comedy film from director Masashi Yamamoto, presents itself as an escalating absurdist comedy. A format that Japan seems to have a natural knack for: from Sogo Ishii’s “Crazy Family” to Sion Sono’s “Why Don’t You Play In Hell?” being hallmarks in absurdist humor that uses escalation to great success. Unfortunately, “Wonderful Paradise” stumbles over itself and falls flat.
Starting on a strong note, the production begins to suffer from overindulgence and gags with no room to let the punch...
“Wonderful Paradise” is screening at Nippon Connection
The latest comedy film from director Masashi Yamamoto, presents itself as an escalating absurdist comedy. A format that Japan seems to have a natural knack for: from Sogo Ishii’s “Crazy Family” to Sion Sono’s “Why Don’t You Play In Hell?” being hallmarks in absurdist humor that uses escalation to great success. Unfortunately, “Wonderful Paradise” stumbles over itself and falls flat.
Starting on a strong note, the production begins to suffer from overindulgence and gags with no room to let the punch...
- 6/7/2021
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Sion Sono has lived many lives behind the camera. After several relentless decades spent churning out softcore pornos, demented J-horror classics, furious confrontations with post-Fukushima Japan, a hyper-violent rap opera about masculine fragility, one of the most unflinching serial killer dramas since “Vengeance Is Mine,” a four-hour epic about upskirt photographers (and death cults), an Amazon miniseries called “Tokyo Vampire Hotel,” and a few dozen other films that defy such easy description, the only thing less surprising than the massive heart attack that struck Sono in February 2019 — and literally killed him for an entire minute — is that it hasn’t slowed him down whatsoever.
Forgive the familiar lede, but some things bear repeating, particularly in the context of a new movie that unfolds like a mission statement for its irrepressible creator. The poet emeritus of ero guro nansensu has been prolific as ever since rolling out of his hospital bed two years ago,...
Forgive the familiar lede, but some things bear repeating, particularly in the context of a new movie that unfolds like a mission statement for its irrepressible creator. The poet emeritus of ero guro nansensu has been prolific as ever since rolling out of his hospital bed two years ago,...
- 2/8/2021
- by David Ehrlich
- Indiewire
More than 30 years after his first film, Sono Sion has established himself as a brilliant, prolific and chameleonic director. In the past decade alone, you can find some of his best work: a hilarious tribute to guerrilla filmmaking and 35mm, with yakuzas, samurais and martial arts, Why Don’t You Play in Hell?; brutally violent and sordid films, Cold Fish and Guilty of Romance; dramas alluding to the nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Himizu and The Land of Hope; a crazy hip hop musical, Tokyo Tribe; and an emotional kaiju and Christmas film with catchy rock songs, Love & Peace. On the other hand, Nicolas Cage became one of the most prolific Hollywood actors, finding in recent years memorable roles in genre cinema that, beyond subversive,...
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- 2/7/2021
- Screen Anarchy
In the lead-up to its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, Sion Sono's Prisoners of the Ghostland has been acquired for US distribution by Rlje Films:
Press Release: Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2021 – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action/adventure film Prisoners Of The Ghostland ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Prisoners Of The Ghostland presented by Patriot Pictures was fully financed by Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. XYZ Films produced, is handling world sales, and will be introducing the film to international buyers on the heels of Sundance.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley...
Press Release: Los Angeles, Jan. 26, 2021 – Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action/adventure film Prisoners Of The Ghostland ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Prisoners Of The Ghostland presented by Patriot Pictures was fully financed by Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. XYZ Films produced, is handling world sales, and will be introducing the film to international buyers on the heels of Sundance.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley...
- 1/26/2021
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Rlje Films, a business unit of AMC Networks, has acquired the US rights to the action/adventure film Prisoners Of The Ghostland ahead of its world premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Prisoners Of The Ghostland presented by Patriot Pictures was fully financed by Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management. XYZ Films produced, is handling world sales, and will be introducing the film to international buyers on the heels of Sundance.
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese composed the original score.
“We’re excited to once again work with Nicolas Cage on a highly-anticipated film...
Directed by the acclaimed Japanese director, Sion Sono (Why Don’t You Play in Hell), the film was written by Aaron Hendry and Rexa Sixo Safai (Western Wonderland). The film stars Nicolas Cage (Mandy), Sofia Boutella (The Mummy), Nick Cassavetes (Face/Off), Bill Moseley (Texas Chainsaw Franchise), Tak Sakaguchi (Tokyo Tribe) and Yuzuka Nakaya (The Forest of Love). Joseph Trapanese composed the original score.
“We’re excited to once again work with Nicolas Cage on a highly-anticipated film...
- 1/26/2021
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Rlje Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” an action film starring Nicolas Cage that is set to premiere at the Sundance Film Festival later this week.
Japanese auteur Sion Sono (“Why Don’t You Play In Hell”) directs “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” which is described as a mashup between Westerns, samurai films, action movies and post-apocalyptic thrillers. And Rlje Films is the same team that released Cage’s “Color Out of Space” and “Mandy,” both of which were similarly indie, art house movies that have become cult favorites. No release date has been set for the latest film.
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” also stars Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. The film is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by the wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose...
Japanese auteur Sion Sono (“Why Don’t You Play In Hell”) directs “Prisoners of the Ghostland,” which is described as a mashup between Westerns, samurai films, action movies and post-apocalyptic thrillers. And Rlje Films is the same team that released Cage’s “Color Out of Space” and “Mandy,” both of which were similarly indie, art house movies that have become cult favorites. No release date has been set for the latest film.
“Prisoners of the Ghostland” also stars Sofia Boutella, Nick Cassavetes, Bill Moseley, Tak Sakaguchi and Yuzuka Nakaya. The film is set in the treacherous frontier city of Samurai Town where a ruthless bank robber (Cage) is sprung from jail by the wealthy warlord The Governor (Moseley), whose...
- 1/26/2021
- by Brian Welk
- The Wrap
XYZ Films to launch international sales after Sundance.
Rlje Films has acquired US rights from XYZ Films to Sion Sono’s Sundance entry Prisoners Of The Ghostland starring Nicolas Cage.
Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management fully financed the Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films feature starring Cage as a bank robber sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord to rescue his granddaughter from a frontier town.
Cage’s character will reclaim his freedom if he succeeds in the mission but does not have much time – he is strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days.
Sofia Boutella,...
Rlje Films has acquired US rights from XYZ Films to Sion Sono’s Sundance entry Prisoners Of The Ghostland starring Nicolas Cage.
Michael Mendelsohn’s Union Patriot Capital Management fully financed the Patriot Pictures and XYZ Films feature starring Cage as a bank robber sprung from jail by a wealthy warlord to rescue his granddaughter from a frontier town.
Cage’s character will reclaim his freedom if he succeeds in the mission but does not have much time – he is strapped into a leather suit that will self-destruct within three days.
Sofia Boutella,...
- 1/26/2021
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
Based on a ’70s manga by Japanese master Osamu Tezuka, a bored writer’s affair with his beguiling young muse gets the live-action treatment in “Tezuka’s Barbara.” Primarily concerned with the story’s excursions into erotic surrealism and the occult while playing down its social and political themes, this handsomely packaged item isn’t deep or meaningful but does present a visually arresting account of middle-aged male ennui colliding with uninhibited and irresistible female energy. Sure to be welcomed by Tezuka’s large fan base in Japan, “Barbara” has enjoyed a lengthy festival run since bowing in competition at the Tokyo Film Festival.
One of several adults-only tales by the legendary creator of children’s classics “Astro Boy” and “Kimba the White Lion,” “Barbara” first appeared in Big Comic magazine in 1973 and was long considered unfilmable. It has finally been adapted by Tezuka’s eldest son, Macoto Tezka, a highly...
One of several adults-only tales by the legendary creator of children’s classics “Astro Boy” and “Kimba the White Lion,” “Barbara” first appeared in Big Comic magazine in 1973 and was long considered unfilmable. It has finally been adapted by Tezuka’s eldest son, Macoto Tezka, a highly...
- 9/1/2020
- by Richard Kuipers
- Variety Film + TV
The failure or success of a film, both commercially and critically, is often determined whether a film manages to capture (or embrace) a certain taste within it viewer, which again is also related to a set of conventions. Most of us are aware of the concept, which becomes even more significant when we look at the way the selection of movies shown in movie theaters, to give one example, determines these conventions, these tastes, thus defining what we might call mainstream. While looked down upon by critics and viewers (at least some of them) alike, the definition of what is mainstream often sheds light on the mindset of those in charge of our culture, those that finance a project and those who create them. Finally, everything that is not part of said mainstream, ends up having a lot of trouble being made, if indeed someone is willing to step beyond...
- 5/17/2020
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
Call it what you will – Hollywood hubris, avant-garde self-reflexivity, or even meme culture – but cinema just loves talking about itself. Movie theaters shower their carpets with images of film reels and popcorn. Film festivals bless each premiere with the buzz of anticipation. Auteurs – from Francois Truffaut to Charlie Kaufman, Guru Dutt to Sion Sono – have shown, time and time again, that filmmakers are just like writers. They shine at what they know best.
In homage to the seventh art, we’ve listed some of our favorite films about films below, in random order. We hope you enjoy watching these love letters to industry just as much as we have. It’s like what a good friend of mine once said: Life isn’t like the movies; movies resemble life.
1. Garuda Power: The Spirit Within
“Garuda Power: The Spirit Within” discloses the unknown world of Indonesian action cinema and its superheroes...
In homage to the seventh art, we’ve listed some of our favorite films about films below, in random order. We hope you enjoy watching these love letters to industry just as much as we have. It’s like what a good friend of mine once said: Life isn’t like the movies; movies resemble life.
1. Garuda Power: The Spirit Within
“Garuda Power: The Spirit Within” discloses the unknown world of Indonesian action cinema and its superheroes...
- 5/15/2020
- by AMP Group
- AsianMoviePulse
Vienna film festival to include a tribute to Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on John Ford.Scroll down for list of higlights
Highlights of the 52nd Vienna International Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 6) have been unveiled, including buzz titles from Cannes and Sundance as well as a tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on director John Ford.
The feature film programme includes Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria and the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night. Other titles include Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Ruben Ostlund’s Turist and Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank.
In the documentary line-up, highlights include Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth, from directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery; and Tessa Louise Salome’s Mr Leos Carax.
The Viennale will pay tribute to American-Danish actor Viggo Mortensen, whose films range from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to David Cronenberg features...
Highlights of the 52nd Vienna International Film Festival (Oct 23-Nov 6) have been unveiled, including buzz titles from Cannes and Sundance as well as a tribute to actor Viggo Mortensen and a retrospective on director John Ford.
The feature film programme includes Jean-Luc Godard’s Goodbye to Language 3D, Olivier Assayas’s Clouds of Sils Maria and the Dardenne brothers’ Two Days, One Night. Other titles include Damien Chazelle’s Whiplash, Ruben Ostlund’s Turist and Lenny Abrahamson’s Frank.
In the documentary line-up, highlights include Nick Cave doc 20,000 Days On Earth, from directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard; Frederick Wiseman’s National Gallery; and Tessa Louise Salome’s Mr Leos Carax.
The Viennale will pay tribute to American-Danish actor Viggo Mortensen, whose films range from The Lord of the Rings trilogy to David Cronenberg features...
- 8/22/2014
- by michael.rosser@screendaily.com (Michael Rosser)
- ScreenDaily
Japanese actress Fumi Nikaido receives the inaugural Screen International Rising Star award at the New York Asian Film Festival
Not only does Fumi Nikaido make brave and striking choices when it comes to her career path, favouring edgy indie fare over mainstream movies that might simplistically make the most of her teen model looks, but she is positively charming to meet.
The smile on her face when she accepted the Screen International Rising Star Award at the New York Asian Film Festival was honest and open…and when she added coyly: “…and can I take it home?” it was impossible not to be won over by her.
The same can be said for critics (and audiences) who have raved over her acting work over the last few years. Her breakthrough, was as the much-abused girlfriend of Shota Sometani’s violent hero in Sion Sono’s drama Himizu, which screened at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. The film won...
Not only does Fumi Nikaido make brave and striking choices when it comes to her career path, favouring edgy indie fare over mainstream movies that might simplistically make the most of her teen model looks, but she is positively charming to meet.
The smile on her face when she accepted the Screen International Rising Star Award at the New York Asian Film Festival was honest and open…and when she added coyly: “…and can I take it home?” it was impossible not to be won over by her.
The same can be said for critics (and audiences) who have raved over her acting work over the last few years. Her breakthrough, was as the much-abused girlfriend of Shota Sometani’s violent hero in Sion Sono’s drama Himizu, which screened at the 2011 Venice Film Festival. The film won...
- 7/13/2014
- ScreenDaily
Jigoku de naze warui (Why Don’t You Play In Hell?)
Written and directed by Sion Sono
Japan, 2013
In this outrageous action opus from writer/director Sion Sono, an ambitious young film director Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) gets caught in the middle of a bloody Yakuza war sparked by the vengeful wife of a powerful crime boss who is sent to prison after massacring several of her husband’s rivals. The plot is so convoluted, your head will spin when trying to piece it all together. In short, it bounces back and forth between Mitsuko (Fumi Nakaido), a former child star and the daughter of the kingpin, and a group of independent, but talented guerrilla filmmakers who call themselves the Fuck Bombers. Mitsuko’s father, one of her biggest fans, wants to satisfy her dream of becoming a movie star before his wife is released from prison. Ten years after the...
Written and directed by Sion Sono
Japan, 2013
In this outrageous action opus from writer/director Sion Sono, an ambitious young film director Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) gets caught in the middle of a bloody Yakuza war sparked by the vengeful wife of a powerful crime boss who is sent to prison after massacring several of her husband’s rivals. The plot is so convoluted, your head will spin when trying to piece it all together. In short, it bounces back and forth between Mitsuko (Fumi Nakaido), a former child star and the daughter of the kingpin, and a group of independent, but talented guerrilla filmmakers who call themselves the Fuck Bombers. Mitsuko’s father, one of her biggest fans, wants to satisfy her dream of becoming a movie star before his wife is released from prison. Ten years after the...
- 3/14/2014
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Jigoku de naze warui (Why Don’t You Play In Hell?)
Written and directed by Sion Sono
Japan, 2013
In this outrageous action opus from writer/director Sion Sono, an ambitious young film director Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) gets caught in the middle of a bloody Yakuza war sparked by the vengeful wife of a powerful crime boss who is sent to prison after massacring several of her husband’s rivals. The plot is so convoluted, your head will spin when trying to piece it all together. In short, it bounces back and forth between Mitsuko (Fumi Nakaido), a former child star and the daughter of the kingpin, and a group of independent, but talented guerrilla filmmakers who call themselves the Fuck Bombers. Mitsuko’s father, one of her biggest fans, wants to satisfy her dream of becoming a movie star before his wife is released from prison. Ten years after the...
Written and directed by Sion Sono
Japan, 2013
In this outrageous action opus from writer/director Sion Sono, an ambitious young film director Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) gets caught in the middle of a bloody Yakuza war sparked by the vengeful wife of a powerful crime boss who is sent to prison after massacring several of her husband’s rivals. The plot is so convoluted, your head will spin when trying to piece it all together. In short, it bounces back and forth between Mitsuko (Fumi Nakaido), a former child star and the daughter of the kingpin, and a group of independent, but talented guerrilla filmmakers who call themselves the Fuck Bombers. Mitsuko’s father, one of her biggest fans, wants to satisfy her dream of becoming a movie star before his wife is released from prison. Ten years after the...
- 10/19/2013
- by Ricky da Conceição
- SoundOnSight
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