Akira Takarada, Anne Suzuki, Kayoko Kishimoto
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.
Stats: 89 reviews
The Sci-Fi part is absurdly hilarious. To me, the rest of the movie seemed just Kitano's excuse to make that ¿story? a film. Anyways, he manages to parody himself and the commercial cinema better than in Takeshis'. Not as in Zatoichi, of course.
First half of the movie is entertaining and interesting. Some kind of comedy movie. But last 45 minutes are just like a meaningless nightmare. Go watch "zatoichi" from same director, dont waste time with this one.
Avoid gangster!
Making fun of Getting Any? for the majority even though lo amo. Makes me want to watch Takeshi's again and Achilles to Kame for the first time. Great movie. Broken.
Gonna have to disagree on the slow pacing, awkward long shots are his thing and he's furthering th...( read more)
it was the dumpest film ever.but absotly funny.i cant recommend it to everyone.
It's a lot slower than Takeshis (I dozed off during the Karate scene, though I was also tired), but I liked how it was really for filmmakers, while Takeshis' was for the fans of Kitano's work. The way he completely nailed his Yakuza film style in a parody fashion made me laugh li...( read more)
It started pretty good with all those jokes about the different genres Kitano's career could go into to. At the last half bit of the movie Kitano lost track of the game.
Kitano really steps off the deep end with this one, it feels like what would happen if David Lynch made a sitcom. Half halirious, half really annoying, it's the most brillant film you'll never want to watch again. Kitano made another masterpeice, just surprised at how he achieves...( read more)
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