Survive Style 5+
Survive Style 5+ is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Gen Sekiguchi and produced by Hiroyuki Taniguchi.[1] It stars Tadanobu Asano, Kyōko Koizumi, Reika Hashimoto, Jai West, Sonny Chiba and Vinnie Jones.
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Directed by | Gen Sekiguchi |
Produced by | Hiroyuki Taniguchi |
Written by | Taku Tada[1] |
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Music by | James Shimoji[1] |
Edited by | Gen Sekiguchi[1] |
Production company | Tohokushinsha Film[1] |
Running time | 120 minutes[1] |
Country | Japan[1] |
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Synopsis
The film follows five simultaneous, loosely linked plot lines, that intertwine and scramble together. A man (Tadanobu Asano) keeps killing his wife (Reika Hashimoto) and burying her in the woods only to find her alive, furious, and waiting for him when he returns home. A suburban family's life is disrupted when the father (Ittoku Kishibe) is permanently hypnotized into believing he is a bird and tries to learn how to fly. A trio of aimless youth pass time by burgling houses. A murderous advertising executive (Kyōko Koizumi) tries to imagine ideas for commercials. The stories clash together through the intervention of a thuggish hitman (Vinnie Jones) and his translator (Yoshiyoshi Arakawa).
Cast
- Tadanobu Asano as A man
- Reika Hashimoto as Mimi - Ishigaki's wife
- Kyōko Koizumi as Yoko, Commercial Executive
- Hiroshi Abe as Aoyama, the Hypnotist
- Ittoku Kishibe as Tatsuya Kobayashi
- Yumi Asō as Misa, Kobayashi's wife
- Kanji Tsuda as Burglar
- Yoshiyuki Morishita as Burglar
- Jai West as Burglar
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Katagiri, Interpreter
- Vinnie Jones as Hired Killer
- Sonny Chiba as Kazama, Pharma Company President
- Shihori Kanjiya as Kaho Kobayashi
- Tomokazu Miura as Doctor Yamauchi
Release
Survive Style 5+ was shown at the Locarno Film Festival on August 6, 2004.[1]
References
- Weissberg, Jay (August 7, 2004). "Survive Style 5+". Variety. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
External links
- Survive Style 5+ on IMDb
- Survive Style 5+ at AllMovie
- SURVIVE STYLE5+ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 2007-07-21.