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Directed By
Takashi Miike
Written By:
Takashi Miike, Masa Nakamura
Cast:
Hideaki Ito, Masanobu Ando, Koichi Sato, Kaori Momoi, Renji Ishibashi, Takaaki Ishibashi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Shun Oguri, Masato Sakai, Yoji Tanaka, Quentin Tarantino, Yusuke Iseya, Yoshino Kimura, Toshiyuki Nishida, Hideaki Sato, Christian Storms
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Sukiyaki Western Django (2008)
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Favorite Movie Quote: "The proud do not endure, like a passing dream on a night in spring; the mighty fall at last, to be no more than dust before the wind."
One does not usually think of westerns when they think of Takashi Miike. In fact, I would have never thought of a western by the director of Greaveyard of Honor, Ichi the Killer, and Bodyguard Kiba. But then I would never have expected a musical either like The Happiness of the Katakuris. So, Miike brings his themes to another genre and it was fun.
That is one thing you have to know about Miike. No mater what genre, the themes are always the same. The impermanence of life, loneliness, and the inevitability of death. It's all there in a film that borrows from so many others.
You will see Eastwood in the film, both the spaghetti western Eastwood, and the Dirty harry Eastwood. There is some John Wayne, too. There is even some Jodorowsky. It is sukiyaki after all, a stew that presents many different flavors. You really have to pay attention to see and taste them all.
There is a blend of experience, too. You will see veteran Japanese actors along with rookies, and in the middle, some fine performance by some of Japan's best.
Don't look for Miiki's trademark extreme violence, but it is a western, so there will be blood.
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 | brian
Nov 20, 2008 3:42 PM
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| Miike is certainly one of the most curious film-makers I've come across in recent years. It's hard to find another director who dabbles in as many different genres. I am definitely going to rent this one. Thnx. |
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Nov 20, 2008 3:44 PM