Genre: Crime, Drama, Horror, Comedy, Drugs, Prostitution, Murder, Satire, Disturbing, Black Comedy, Suspense, Experimental
Plot: A failed former news reporter sets out to produce a documentary about sex and violence among the youth of Japan. In his unique family, his daughter has run off and become a prostitute, and his son, who is terrorized at school, beats his mother at home (who obliges, as long as he avoids her face). She in turn, has turned to heroin (and prostitution to support her habit). When the budding filmmaker meets a strange boy in the streets, he invites him to live at his home.Visitor Q (the name is implied, as it is not used in reference to him during the film), now a member of the house, adds his own influence to their peculiar family affairs. Despite their somewhat unusual trials and tribulations, there is still hope in mother's arms. An assailant (Watanabe Kazushi) cracks Kiyoshi (Kenichi Endo) on the head with a rock. The victim is the patriarch of a depraved family and this act of violence mysteriously enables the stranger to enter their unhappy home. Dysfunctional does not even begin to describe this family unit which consists of a prostitute daughter (Fujiko) who turns incestuous tricks, a son (Jun Moto) who viciously beats a junky mother (Shungiku Uchida) and the father who videotapes all the unsavory behavior in hopes of revitalizing his television production career with a
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 Q has scenes in it, which you are not sure if you should laugh or vomit. By the movie's end you will not look at lactation the same ever again. One seriously, disturbing, black comedy/drama to come from the land of the rising sun.  --Stu Steimer (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
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| Directed by |
Takashi Miike
Audition, Ichi the Killer, The Happiness of the Katakuris |
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| Written by |
Itaru Era
Full Metal gokudô, The Guys from Paradise, Onmyoji 2 |
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| Cast |
Kenichi Endo
Nobody Knows, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Gozu | | | Shôko Nakahara
Full Metal gokudô, Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô- Madara no shôjo, Umezu Kazuo: Kyôfu gekijô - Zesshoku | Fujiko
Hana to hebi 2: Pari/Shizuko, Fantasma: Noroi no yakata, Tajuu jinkaku tantei saiko - Amamiya Kazuhiko no kikan | | | |
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| Music By |
Kôji Endô
Audition, The Happiness of the Katakuris, One Missed Call |
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