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Survive Style 5+

2004 · 120 min

A kaleidoscopic, darkly funny ride through interlocking absurdities that demands close attention and rewards with surreal visual flair.

Tagline
What is your function in life?
Overview
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one another eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • obsession
  • death
  • madness
  • media
Places
  • big city
  • suburbs
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror4
Humour8
Realism3
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
mystery, comedy, thriller
Directed by
Gen Sekiguchi
Written by
Taku Tada
Starring
Tadanobu Asano, Reika Hashimoto, Kyoko Koizumi, Hiroshi Abe, Ittoku Kishibe, Yumi Aso, Kanji Tsuda, Yoshiyuki Morishita
Music
James Shimoji
Cinematography
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Runtime
120 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese, English

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