Shido Nakamura, Shun Oguri, Hirofumi Arai
Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, rejection an...( read more
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DVD Release Date: June 4, 2009
Stats: 69 reviews
Although the movie is violent, the scenes are rather spread out from each other since the film seems to mostly play out as a dramatic piece rather than a shocking horror revenge flick with loads of blood and gore, which is something one would come to expect when comparing it to a...( read more)
A film that shows the true dangers of psychological and physical scarring. The film doesn't keep the split personality a secret which is in its favour. It builds far more tension and understanding from the audience. It's a complicated beast once the slow build up gets going as we...( read more)
Like Ichi the Killer on prozac, good premise, but perhaps not the best way to handle it. The film wanders between comedy and crude drama, sometimes hiting, sometimes missing.
Te thing is, it's a thin plot that gets stretched way too much, making the resolution feel drained an...( read more)
I initally watched this because my all-time favourite Japanese actor starred in it; Oguri Shun.
Without giving anything away, this is a film soley about revenge, and thus is the consequence of childhood bullying. As with every Japanese film, it's insanely violent in some part...( read more)
Well, despite the weak ending (why the heck didn't he follow through?!) , I liked the slow pace of the story. Juyo knew his revenge well , I liked his violent counterpart, he was childish but damn amusing. Some parts did go on a little too long though...anyway, not bad in all.
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