is a
2007A list of films released in Japan in 2007.-2007:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
Japanese filmThe has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world, being currently the third largest by number of feature films produced.-Definition:Japanese Cinema is a hard thing to clearly define...
written, directed, edited by the film's lead star
Takeshi Kitanois a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. With the exception of his works as a film...
. It is the second film in Kitano's
surrealistSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
autobiographicalAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
trilogy, following
Takeshis'Takeshis' is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise....
, and concluding with
Achilles and the Tortoiseis a 2008 Japanese film written, directed, edited by Takeshi Kitano. The film is the third and final part of Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, starting with Takeshis and continuing with Glory to the Filmmaker!....
.
The
comedyComedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece...
, presented as an "ultra variety movie", crosses a broad range of genres common to
Japanese filmThe has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world, being currently the third largest by number of feature films produced.-Definition:Japanese Cinema is a hard thing to clearly define...
, in a similar fashion to Kitano's 1995 parody
Getting Any?is a 1995 Japanese film, written, directed, edited, and starring, Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano.Yatteru is the colloquial form for yatteiru , yatteru coming from the Japanese verb yaru, which is an informal word meaning 'to do', and has become slang for sexual intercourse.Getting Any? is best...
.
Kitanois a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. With the exception of his works as a film...
described the film as "a cinematic extension of [his]
manzaiis a style of stand-up comedy in Japan, which usually involves two performers—a straight man and a funny man —trading jokes at great speed...
comedy routines that continues in much the same vein as
[his] last featureTakeshis' is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise....
."
Kitano plays a hapless
film directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
in search of a commercial hit, while suffering failure after failure as he tries out different genres.
- Beat Takeshi Kitano
- Toru Emori
- Kayoko Kishimoto
is an actress.She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls.-External links:**...
- Anne Suzuki
is a Japanese actress born on April 27, 1987.A model since the age of three, she got an early break in her acting career at 12 when she starred in the Hollywood film Snow Falling on Cedars with Ethan Hawke. She was next featured in the action movie Returner opposite Takeshi Kaneshiro, and won the...
- Keiko Matsuzaka
is an actress.Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku....
In 2007, the
Venice Film FestivalThe Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice,...
introduced a new award named after the film, Kitano was also the first recipient of the
Glory to the Filmmaker! award.
Discussion
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I know its bacon... but what have you done to it?! Joanne Greenwald... the girl with the antennae on her face?
I'm real sorry your mom blew up, Ricky.
She only speaks French, Roy. She doesn't speak imbecile.
[why he can't pay the paper boy] Uh, my brother, this morning, got his arm caught in the microwave, and my grandmother, she dropped acid and freaked out and hijaked a schoolbus full of...penguins.
I gotta go, the Christmas tree is on fire. [hangs up the phone.]
I've been going to this high school for seven and a half years! I'm no dummy!
This is pure snow. It's everywhere! Do you have any idea what the street value of this mountain is?
Dying when you're not really sick is really sick, you know. Really!
[giving skiing instructions] Go that way, really fast. If something gets in your way, turn.
Beth Truss: She dates the basketball team. Not certain members of the team, Lane, the whole team!
is a
2007A list of films released in Japan in 2007.-2007:-External links:* at the Internet Movie Database...
Japanese filmThe has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world, being currently the third largest by number of feature films produced.-Definition:Japanese Cinema is a hard thing to clearly define...
written, directed, edited by the film's lead star
Takeshi Kitanois a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. With the exception of his works as a film...
. It is the second film in Kitano's
surrealistSurrealism is a cultural movement that began in the early 1920s, and is best known for the visual artworks and writings of the group members....
autobiographicalAn autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
trilogy, following
Takeshis'Takeshis' is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise....
, and concluding with
Achilles and the Tortoiseis a 2008 Japanese film written, directed, edited by Takeshi Kitano. The film is the third and final part of Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, starting with Takeshis and continuing with Glory to the Filmmaker!....
.
Movie Style
The
comedyComedy as a popular meaning, is any humorous discourse generally intended to amuse, especially in television, film, and stand-up comedy. This must be carefully distinguished from its academic definition, namely the comic theatre, whose Western origins are found in Ancient Greece...
, presented as an "ultra variety movie", crosses a broad range of genres common to
Japanese filmThe has a history that spans more than 100 years. Japan has one of the oldest and largest film industries in the world, being currently the third largest by number of feature films produced.-Definition:Japanese Cinema is a hard thing to clearly define...
, in a similar fashion to Kitano's 1995 parody
Getting Any?is a 1995 Japanese film, written, directed, edited, and starring, Japanese filmmaker Takeshi Kitano.Yatteru is the colloquial form for yatteiru , yatteru coming from the Japanese verb yaru, which is an informal word meaning 'to do', and has become slang for sexual intercourse.Getting Any? is best...
.
Kitanois a Japanese filmmaker, comedian, actor, film editor, presenter, screenwriter, author, poet, painter, and one-time video game designer who has received critical acclaim, both in his native Japan and abroad, for his highly idiosyncratic cinematic work. With the exception of his works as a film...
described the film as "a cinematic extension of [his]
manzaiis a style of stand-up comedy in Japan, which usually involves two performers—a straight man and a funny man —trading jokes at great speed...
comedy routines that continues in much the same vein as
[his] last featureTakeshis' is a 2005 Japanese film directed, written, edited by, and starring Takeshi Kitano. It is the first film in Kitano's surrealist autobiographical trilogy, being followed by Glory to the Filmmaker!, and Achilles and the Tortoise....
."
Plot
Kitano plays a hapless
film directorA film director, or filmmaker is a person who directs the making or production of a film. Some also consider a film producer to be a filmmaker....
in search of a commercial hit, while suffering failure after failure as he tries out different genres.
Cast
- Beat Takeshi Kitano
- Toru Emori
- Kayoko Kishimoto
is an actress.She has appeared in several of Takeshi Kitano's films, such as Hana-bi, Kikujiro and Dolls.-External links:**...
- Anne Suzuki
is a Japanese actress born on April 27, 1987.A model since the age of three, she got an early break in her acting career at 12 when she starred in the Hollywood film Snow Falling on Cedars with Ethan Hawke. She was next featured in the action movie Returner opposite Takeshi Kaneshiro, and won the...
- Keiko Matsuzaka
is an actress.Born in Ōta, Tokyo, her father was a naturalized South Korean while her mother was Japanese. Active as a child actress in the 1960s, she came into her own as an adult with Daiei, then in 1972 with Shochiku....
Reception
In 2007, the
Venice Film FestivalThe Venice Film Festival is the oldest film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi di Misurata in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the Lido, Venice,...
introduced a new award named after the film, Kitano was also the first recipient of the
Glory to the Filmmaker! award.
External links
Movie trailer at Official site