June 22, 2004
Takashi Miike + Takeshi Kitano = Bubba Filling His Pants
Okay, there's next to nothing on the site so far and what's there is in Japanese but this particular combination of talent has got me giddy with excitement. Japanese cult director Takashi Miike - Audition, Ichi the Killer - is just about to release Izo, a period samurai film starring Japanese cult actor / internationally renowned art house director Takeshi Kitano. Do I know anything beyond this? Nope. But the simple fact that these two men are involved has vaulted this film right up to the top of my current 'to buy' list. You can check out the website here.
Posted by John Campea at June 22, 2004 09:13 PM
Comments
Posted by: opus at June 23, 2004 12:01 PM
And that just might be the best film title ever.
Posted by: Bubba at June 23, 2004 01:52 PM
Detailed review here.
Good review, but the man's obviously not seen much Miike outside of the big name splatter films if his comment about this being Miike's first shot at auteur seriousness are legit ...
Posted by: Bubba at June 23, 2004 08:59 PM
takeshi miike: bleah
man that really sucks ass
Posted by: joseph at July 12, 2004 07:42 PM
What Miike have you seen Joseph? I'm with you on some of it but his good stuff is realllllly good ...
Posted by: Bubba at July 12, 2004 10:18 PM
I've just seen the movie. I had built great expectations about it, being a huge Miike and Kitano fan, but it was really disappointing.
Posted by: Menem at March 14, 2005 09:32 PM
I saw a brief blurb about this over at Chud... apparently, the movie's full title is "Izo: The Crotch is an Incomprehensible Demon-Man". Wow...