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Sukiyaki Western Django

2007 · 121 min

A wild, blood-soaked mashup of samurai and western tropes, stylish and absurd, with sudden bursts of violence and dark humor.

Directed by: Takashi Miike
Genres: Adventure, Action, Comedy
Starring: Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Yusuke Iseya

Overview: A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.

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Directed by: Takashi Miike
Genres: Adventure, Action, Comedy
Starring: Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Yusuke Iseya

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Tone: campystrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
violence
family
grief
power
Places: small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: ensemble
nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Horror	4
Humour	6
Realism	3
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	7
Complexity	6
Emotional weight	6

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Genres: adventure, action, comedy, western, thriller
Directed by: Takashi Miike
Written by: Masaru Nakamura, Takashi Miike
Starring: Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Yusuke Iseya, Kaori Momoi, Teruyuki Kagawa, Takaaki Ishibashi, Masanobu Ando, Yoshino Kimura
Music: Koji Endo
Cinematography: Toyomichi Kurita
Runtime: 121 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese, English

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