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Hideaki Ito,
Hideaki Ito,
Kaori Momoi,
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Takashi Miike
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: First Look Pictures
: Action, Cult, Drama, Foreign, Japan, Adventure, Martial Arts, Samurai, Quest, Revenge, Westerns, Spaghetti Westerns
: 120 min.
: English
: English, Spanish
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Maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike re-teams with longtime writing partner Masa Nakamura (Andromedia, The Bird People of China) for this Western inspired by Sergio Corbucci's violent 1966 classic Django. It's been hundreds of years since the Battle of Dannoura, yet the Genji and Heiki clans are still feuding. In this poor mountain town, there is rumored to be a great hidden treasure. Genji gang leader Yoshitsune is sure that his white-clad warriors will find the treasure first, but Kiyomori and his red-clothed Heike gang aren't about to walk away empty-handed. When a mysterious lone gunman with an incredibly fast trigger finger rolls into town, everyone wonders which gang he will join. As betrayal, deception, and cold-blooded murder become commonplace, the silence of this once-quiet mountain town will be broken by the piercing echo of gunfire and the air will become dense with the smell of death. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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| Not very serious but serious fun
by shiftless
May 24, 2009 - 5:00 PM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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A Spaghetti Western with an all-Japanese cast, speaking "frontier" dialog in heavily accented English? Yes, please! Great stylized and saturated color, violence that defies the laws of physics, and numerous references to Shakespeare, it's a movie mash-up tribute to a film you've probably never heard of. I did find the energy and pacing lagged a little despite my giddiness at all the elements I loved, but as soon as I noticed the lag, something happened to grab my attention back again.
I'd recommend the subtitles being on, because even though it's English being spoken, the accents of some actors just overwhelm the pronunciation, and I think the dialog adds to the feeling quite a lot. |
| Italian spaghetti + Japanese noodles = Sukiyaki Western Django!
by Emosjrny
April 29, 2009 - 10:18 AM PDT
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1 out of 1 members found this review helpful
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| It's not likely your average movie goer asks him/herself what would a spaghetti western be like if directed by controversial maverick Japanese film director Miike. Well obviously, "SWD" is your answer. All in all, though a sometimes confusing film to follow, the action is fast, furious and fantastic, taking this viewer back to another western by another then-maverick director "The Quick and The Dead" by Raimi from the multi-gun gun play to the peak through bullet holes. Some are likely to get a chuckle from the Asian performers and their western English but the film is a fine example of an accomplished and dynamic film maker. |
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