Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
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Clearly the work of a madman. Gozu is a long, out there, yakuza nightmare logic slice of weird—laced with mind burrowing scenes that tunnel into your eyes and paint it’s walls with bizarro wanton lunacy. I dunno about this new poster on lb, but if you check out the old poster depicting a guy in his underwear with a cows head and think its going to be the most fucked up thing in Gozu than you’re in for a very big surprise my friend.
A Lynchian gangster horror madhouse story and exactly the kind of bonkers movie whose forest I needed to get lost in after a grueling week.
Ox-head without horse-face, an unceremonious entrance to hell, tumbling and stumbling across the threshold in a drunken state, high off breast milk, I think it all started at the river which appeared out of nowhere abruptly cutting the road to a dead end, that was Alice's rabbit hole, Narnia's closet door, the tornado to the land of Oz. Regarding fairy tales, if del Toro is the voice of disobedience, then Miike is the incoherent screams of dementia. After sitting through the film and getting nothing out of all the confusion, disturbing imagery and nagoya dialect, Miike *literally* laughs at our stupid faces. I really dig that guy, I like how his mind operates, sitting through his films to the end…
Hooptober 4.0 - 2017 - Film #18
This a Japanese film. Specifically, it is a Takashi Miike film. This can only mean one thing...
WTF?!
Hang on, Minami. Watch out. I think that is a Yakuza Attack Ferret behind you. It is a deadly assassin's weapon. Just give me a minute, I have to stomp that little shit to death. Oh crap, that wasn't a Yakuza Attack Ferret. That was one of the big boss' sex toys. Ooops. Ozaki has been a bad, bad boy.
If I told you that this film was about Yakuza junior, Minami, who was ordered to kill his out of control superior and friend, Ozaki, it would be like saying that Twin Peaks is about…
Gozu is Takashi Miike's own Mulholland Drive, a tongue-in-cheek take on repressed homoerotic desires, and the ensuing wet, lucid dream.
Gozu creates a nightmarish, hallucinatory world where guilt and desires are overcompensated in the form of indecipherable characters, creepy landscapes, abundant sexual perversion and occasional dark comedy. It's a world where genders blend, and cum and milk become indistinguishable. Miike was comfortable enough in his own usual skin, maneuvering between his trademark bizarre images and gory scenes, while providing a brand new spin on the topic of sexuality as we've never seen from him. It's not a movie where concrete explanations and moral lessons are provided, though these are not usually what the audience expect from Miike's twisted mind. As an instant cult classic that relies on surrealism and ambiguity, however, Gozu is definitely top-notch. Highly recommended.
Almost starts like your average Miike’s crime film until it quickly shifts into a “Holy s**t! Is that a male hand coming out of that woman's vagina!!” type of bonkers, nightmarish, rabbit hole into the bottom of hell where anything and everything can happen. Just a bizarre piece of cinema that someone as mad and weird AF as Miike could do. Just when you think things can’t get stranger, they overpass your own expectations. It's almost like Miike knew he was about to die or something and decided to throw (almost?) everything he could come up with. The gritty cinematography adds a significant level of filth, heightening the surrealism. The practical work is brilliant. The performances…
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Brothers
Incest
Reincarnation
Takashi
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Gozu.
There is really only one reason that I chose Gozu as my film selection for the theme of birth. Well, two I guess, the first being that I am an asshole. The second is that I find people attempting to write about and figure out films like this to be, frankly hilarious. If you look up some of the reviews they will alternate between something like: “It’s a brilliant examination of human sexual taboos….” OR… “This is the nonsensical work of a psychopath.” Guess what? They are both right and they are both wrong, only one person knows for sure and that is Takashi Miike. Two things are clear to me however, this is…
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Chaos is order yet undeciphered. #10
Seemingly nonsensical at first glance, perhaps Miike's Gozu isn't just the blabbing of a drunkard as first impression would suggest? Last night, I shared this film with my friends (a very risky move to be honest as they tend to check their phones at my favorite moments and it's actually very saddening, plus Gozu is undoubtedly one of the most inaccessible work by Miike.) Luckily they paid full attention and the session turned out to be a surprisingly rewarding experience since after some discussion, we might have just reached a deeper understanding of Miike's intention behind such a bizarre work. Our thoughts are pretty scrambled right now, but I will try my best to…
Having not seen Gozu in some years, I'm pleased that it remains one of my favourite Miike films. Gozu achieves something few films can pull off - it's both funny and terrifying at the same time. I don't mean it's funny in some scenes, and terrifying in others. No. With each viewing, Gozu manages to get under my skin while making me laugh. An unpredictable and insane ride, this is a definite Miike masterpiece.
Started out with a big bang so I was really pumped to explore the rest! Unfortunately it lost momentum and turned pretty much into a big bore!
It does have some offensive moments so it's not meant to be viewed by Mary Mainstream!
Not one of the better Miike films.. You'd be better off watching Ichi the killer, Audition, Visitor Q...
Takashi Miike does David Lynch… kinda. It feels like Miike was inspired by movies like Lost Highway, Wild at Heart and maybe even some of his own movies. I saw this film ages ago at a festival and remember quite liking it. This time I’ll have to admit I was rather bored at times. It’s a weird movie and I like the feeling of not knowing what happens next. But it’s way too long and, what bothered me the most, kinda ugly looking with that digital video look and an aggressive yellow filter.
The clear highlight of the movie for me was actress Kimika Yoshino who also starred in the first two Eko Eko Azarak movies. She has charisma and…
“Everything I’m about to tell you is a joke. Don’t take it seriously.”
Oedipus Cow. Mother’s milk. Trickles of blood. Crotchless Givenchy panties. Ferragamo scarf. Creepy car lady. Olive Mustang. Slimy tongue. Red rice, fish, tofu, etc. (two portions of each). Former junior high bad-boys. Chicken custard. Secret stairwell. Vitiligo guide. Riddle of time. Skinsuits. Anal ladles. Many many many many many many bottles of breastmilk. Body swaps. Brotherly love.
Rebirth.
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The experience of Gozu, as told by my friends.
Reinier: "I am very excited for what you are about to witness"
Theo: “using objects not intended to be inserted up the ass is dangerous”
Zebra: "time to go... make dinner i guess"
Beb: “This guy looks like Kuze from Yakuza 0”
15 minutes later…
“Holy shit that was Kuze from Yakuza 0”
Jack: “then again I had a flat mate in first year called Jack who had a sword and would bring it into the kitchen everytime people had friends over for drinks”
Matt: "this is just like xtro"
Cody: "ive never had a movie shift from 1/10 to 10/10 so many times"
Pluriebus: "For me…
