Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

Regista:

Takashi Miike

Writers:

Takashi Miike (written by) &
Masa Nakamura (written by)

Data di uscita:

15 settembre 2007 (Japan)

Genere:

Action | Western

Plot:

Set during "The Genpei Wars" at the end of the 1100s, the Minamoto and Taira gangs face off in a town named Yuda, while a deadly gunman (Ito Hideaki) comes to the aid of the townsfolk. |

Plot Keywords:

Spaghetti Western | Remake | Samurai | Sword | Pistol

Premi:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Recensioni degli utenti:

Very good film that swings from the dramatic to the ridiculous

Cast

Hideaki Ito	...	Gunman
Masanobu Ando	...	Yoichi
Koichi Sato	...	Taira no Kiyomori
Kaori Momoi	...	Ruriko
Yusuke Iseya	...	Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Renji Ishibashi	...	Benkei
Yoshino Kimura	...	Shizuka
resto del cast in ordine alfabetico:
Takaaki Ishibashi
Teruyuki Kagawa	...	Sheriff
Toshiyuki Nishida
Shun Oguri	...	Akira
Masato Sakai	...	Taira no Shigemori
Hideaki Sato
Christian Storms
Yoji Tanaka
Quentin Tarantino	...	Ringo

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, including a rape.

Durata:

Canada:121 min (Toronto International Film Festival)

Nazionalità:

Japan

Lingua:

Inglese

Colore:

Colore

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Divieti:

Canada:18A | USA:R

Luoghi delle riprese:

Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, Japan

Company:

Dentsu Productions Ltd.

Curiosità:

Based on characters created by Sergio Corbucci.

Movie Connections:

Rifacimento di Django (1966)

Very good film that swings from the dramatic to the ridiculous

If you've seen "High Plains Drifter", "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" any other Leone films or "spaghetti westerns" you will appreciate this film. (I guess this is an "udon western"? Sorry, I had to throw that in there.) For those who have not, you may not understand why the film goes to such extremes throughout the scene sequences. Everything from the bumbling sheriff to the mindless and spineless random gang characters as well as the leader of the 'reds', offer comedic escapades that are quite hysterical. Then we swing to the very dramatic and tragic scenes of loss, murder, pillaging and revenge. Japanese themes and references are inherent because the director is well...Japanese! The dialogue is all English and purposely so. I'm not sure if this was for comedic reasons or to reach out to a larger audience, but it is effective and an interesting choice on Miike's part. It is subtitled which, depending on how you view it, either detracts or adds to the film. It does help in some cases, but in my opinion, I think it would have been better to leave it out altogether. Overall, its a very fun film but expect to be taken up and down emotionally. Production, cinematography, scenery, costumes, art direction and sound design aren't even worth mentioning because they're all done so well, you don't notice them. Its about as close as you can get to a Western-Samurai Japanese-Western!