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Glory to the Filmmaker!

2007 · 108 min

A playful, self-mocking collage that drifts between genres, leaving you amused and occasionally baffled by its restless invention.

Overview
Takeshi Kitano plays a version of himself in which he's a struggling director cycling through a number of different genres in an effort to complete his latest project.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • absurdstrength 3 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • art
  • identity
  • obsession
  • ambition
  • media
Places
  • workplace
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour7
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness5
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Takeshi Kitano
Written by
Takeshi Kitano
Starring
Takeshi Kitano, Tohru Emori, Kayoko Kishimoto, Anne Suzuki, Keiko Matsuzaka, Yoshino Kimura, Kazuko Yoshiyuki, Yuki Uchida
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
108 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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