Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writers:

Takashi Miike (written by) &
Masa Nakamura (written by)

Release Date:

15 September 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Western

Tagline:

An epic tale of blood, lust and greed.

Plot:

A revolver-wielding stranger crosses paths with two warring clans who are both on the hunt for a hidden treasure in a remote western town. Knowing his services are valuable to either side, he offers himself to the clan who will offer up the largest share of the wealth. |

Plot Keywords:

Clan | Treasure | Dragged By Horse | Crossbow | Spaghetti Western

Awards:

5 wins & 3 nominations

US TV Schedule:

Thur. Nov. 12

10:35 PM

SHOW

Cast

Hideaki Ito	...	Gunman
Masanobu Ando	...	Yoichi
Kôichi Satô	...	Taira no Kiyomori
Kaori Momoi	...	Ruriko
Yusuke Iseya	...	Minamoto no Yoshitsune
Renji Ishibashi	...	Benkei
Yoshino Kimura	...	Shizuka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Takaaki Ishibashi
Teruyuki Kagawa	...	Sheriff
Taigi Kobayashi
Toshiyuki Nishida
Shun Oguri	...	Akira
Masato Sakai	...	Taira no Shigemori
Hideaki Sato
Christian Storms
Yôji Tanaka
Quentin Tarantino	...	Ringo

Directed by
Takashi Miike

Writing credits
Takashi Miike		(written by) &
Masa Nakamura		(written by)

Produced by
Toshiaki Nakazawa	....	executive producer
Masato Ôsaki	....	producer
Nobuyuki Tohya	....	producer

Original Music by
Kôji Endô

Cinematography by
Toyomichi Kurita

Film Editing by
Yasushi Shimamura		(as Taiji Shimamura)

Production Design by
Takashi Sasaki

Art Direction by
Nao Sasaki

Costume Design by
Michiko Kitamura

Sound Department
Jun Nakamura	....	sound

Casting Department
Georgia Simon	....	adr voice casting

Other crew
Henry Hayashi	....	adr voice replacement
Hideo Kimura	....	adr voice replacement
Blake Kushi	....	adr voice replacement
Kazumi Nakamura	....	adr voice replacement
Masashi Odate	....	adr voice replacement
Christian Storms	....	assistant dialogue coach
Nadia Venesse	....	dialogue coach

Production Companies

• Dentsu Productions Ltd.
• Geneon Entertainment
• Sedic
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan)
• Sukiyaki Western Django Film Partners
• TV Asahi
• Toei Company

Distributors

• First Look International (2008) (USA) (theatrical)
• Kino Bez Granits (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Sony Pictures Entertainment (Japan) (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Universum-Film GmbH (2008) (Germany) (theatrical)
• Nordisk Film Theatrical Distribution (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD)
• Nordisk Film (2009) (Sweden) (DVD) (Blu-ray)
• Roadshow Entertainment (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Video Film Express (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)

Special Effects

• JINNI's Animation Studios
• OLM Digital
• OLM
• Viracocha

Other Companies

• Dolby Laboratories  sound post-production
• Kodak Japan  film stock supplied by
• Malin Post  title design
• NAC Image Technology  camera equipment supplied by
• Nihon Shomei Co.  lighting equipment supplied by
• NovaStar Digital  sound post-production
• S Gear  lighting equipment supplied by
• Sapex Scripts  post-production services
• Sendai Miyagi Film Commission  
• Tokyo Laboratory Co. Ltd.  digital intermediate

MPAA:

Rated R for strong violence, including a rape.

Runtime:

121 min | (None):98 min (international cut version)

Country:

Japan

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Certification:

Canada:18A | USA:R | Australia:R | Japan:PG-12 | UK:15 | Netherlands:16 | New Zealand:R16 | Finland:K-18 | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Tsuruoka City, Yamagata, Japan

Company:

Dentsu Productions Ltd.

Trivia:

Based on characters created by Sergio Corbucci.

Goofs:

Miscellaneous: In the scene where The Gunman (Hideaki Ito) and Shizuka are intimate, you can see that The Gunman has had some kind of booster shot on his right upper arm that has left a scar. You see this as he takes off his shirt and then jumps into the bed. Don't think is a booster shot but more of a bullet shot scar.

Quotes:

Ringo: The sound of the Gion Shoja temple bells echoes the impermanence of all things; the color of the sala flowers reveals the truth that to florish is to fall. The proud do not endure, like a passing dream on a night in spring; the mighty fall at last, to be no more than dust before the wind.

Movie Connections:

Remake of Per un pugno di dollari (1964)

A wonderful mix of genres

OK so we've all heard the plot before, but you've never seen anything like this! Miike (Audition/Ichi) gives us his personal twist on the spaghetti western genre. If you cross Django/Trinity/Fistful of Dollars et al/The Unforgiven, with Kung Fu Hustle, with Anime, with a Kurasawa samurai movie, with Lone Wolf, with Shakespeare, and throw in a healthy helping of humour, bloodshed, drama and symbolism, you'll be halfway to following this movie. The largely Japanese cast all speak in broken English (some better than others), so I found the subtitles option on my DVD to be handy at times. Tarantino cameos as Ringo, a gunslinger at the start of the movie in a sequence that is almost comic book in look. Personally I enjoy both spaghetti westerns and samurai movies and this film had me engaged from the opening credits. Personally I'd rather have seen it in Japanese with subtitles but that's me. If you want a couple of hours of fun I don't think you'll go far wrong with this one.

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