gozu is exceedingly slow. i'm fine with slow movies; i'm fine with silent era movies...gozu is just slow.
the entire story is not much really. a yakuza boss sends one of his hitmen to the "dump" (the place where he will be killed). the hitman's 'brother' is charged with taking him and doing the job. the hitman dies before they make it there and the brother losses him. he spends... read more
Description:From the acclaimed director Takashi Miike comes a Yakuza/ horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere! When Minami is sent to kill his mentor Ozaki who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon that only the director of such films as Audition Dead or Alive and Ichi the KilFrom the acclaimed director Takashi Miike comes a Yakuza/ horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere! When Minami is sent to kill his mentor Ozaki who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon that only the director of such films as Audition Dead or Alive and Ichi the Killer can provide in this surreal Lynchian/Cronenberg-like odyssey!Special features16x9 anamorphic video transfer letterboxed Audio Commentary with film critics Andy Klein & Wade Major** Interview with Takashi Miike featuring directors Guillermo Del Toro ("Hellboy") and Eli Roth ("CabinFever")** Making of featurette** Still Gallery Biographies FilmNotes by author Tom Mes - **Unrated version onlySystem Requirements: Running Time 129 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 825307911497 Manufacturer No: PH-91149... (more)(less)
Manufacturer : Pathfinder Home Ent. Release date : 23 November 2004 Number of discs : 1 EAN: 0825307911497 UPC: 825307911497
“gozu is exceedingly slow. i'm fine with slow movies; i'm fine with silent era movies...gozu is just slow.
the entire story is not much really. a yakuza boss sends one of his hitmen to the "dump" (the place where he will be killed). the hitman's 'brother' is charged with taking him and doing the job. the hitman dies before they make it there and the brother losses him. he spends most of the movie trying to find the guy meeting a cast of odd characters (odd but not terribly interesting). all of which takes about 2 hours to lead up to an ending that isn't so much surprising as it is just weird. by the time you get to the end you've sat painfully through too much of nothing.
the biggest surprise and most interesting thing about this movie is not entirely answered i” read more
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