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Overview

User Rating:
7.8/10   4,078 votes
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Director:
Writer:
Taku Tada (writer)
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Plot:
A man continually trying and failing to get his wife to stay dead; a self-absorbed ad agency creative... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
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We're never gonna survive, unless we get a little crazy more (25 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Tadanobu Asano ... Aman
Reika Hashimoto ... Aman's wife
Kyôko Koizumi ... Yoko, Commercial Executive
Hiroshi Abe ... Aoyama, the Hypnotist
Ittoku Kishibe ... Tatsuya Kobayashi
Yumi Asô ... Misa, Kobayashi's wife
Kanji Tsuda ... Tsuda - Burglar
Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Morishita - Burglar
Jai West ... J - Burglar
YosiYosi Arakawa ... Killer's translator (as Yoshiyoshi Arakawa)

Vinnie Jones ... Hired Killer

Sonny Chiba ... Kazama - Advertising Company President (as Shinichi Chiba)
Shihori Kanjiya ... Kaho Kobayashi
Tomokazu Miura ... Doctor Yamauchi
Ryûnosuke Kamiki ... Seiichi Kobayashi
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Additional Details

Runtime:
Japan:120 min | Germany:120 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
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Fun Stuff

Quotes:
Aman's wife: [mouthed out] Bye-Bye. more
Movie Connections:
References A Clockwork Orange (1971) more
Soundtrack:
I Will Survive more

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6 out of 6 people found the following review useful.
We're never gonna survive, unless we get a little crazy, 13 August 2008
8/10
Author: pmdawn from Rio de Janeiro

Just like Seal's 90's hit, "in a world full of people, there's always someone to fly". I would describe this movie as both an expression and example of the people who 'try to fly' - and they are usually considered crazy in society. They try different, previously unheard of things, and sometimes it's genius and sometimes it's a dud. But hey, at least they try.

This movie is absurdingly complicated in a first viewing, yet it delivers with, yes, absolute style. On a second viewing the themes become more apparent, and this is a movie you'll want to see (at least) twice.

Five stories are intertwined, sometimes subtly and others obviously, Tarantino/Ritchie mode, and they all deal with crazy stuff. This is a visual and stylish delight, as well as little bit of a mindtrip. There's symbolism if you look hard enough, but the joy of the movie is the way it deals with different themes - homosexuality, identity, love and death - and shows us that life is indeed a little bit crazy.

Recommended. 8/10

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