Takashi Miike Yakuza Double Bill!
Tonight at 7pm!
A Takashi Miike double bill...
ICHI THE KILLER
“There’s no love in your violence.”—Kakihara in Ichi the Killer
When a film's title is spelled out in a splash of semen, you know it's going to be unique. One of the most disgusting and sadistic movies ever made, it's filled with blood, gore, rape, torture, and self-mutilation. But Ichi the Killer is also a love story. Clad in a padded superhero suit emblazoned with the number one, Ichi (Nao Omori) is being manipulated by the mysterious Jijii (Tetsuo the Iron Man director Shinya Tsukamoto) into taking down a Yakuza gang. Our hero kills the sadistic lover of Kakihara (Tadonobu Asano), whose subsequent search for Ichi is more about his own desire to experience pain than revenge. It's a familiar story, that of a soldier trying to hunt down his boss' killer, except that our hero is an uber-masochist and his prey is a childlike patsy. Ichi is the Killer is so extreme in its gore that they passed out barf-bags to the audience at the Toronto Film Fest. You have been warned.
FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION
Widely regarded as his first crossover hit, this Yakuza revenge/high school melodrama was made for video but landed in less reputable theatres throughout Japan. Riki Fudoh (Shosuke Tanihara) is a high school student by day and Yakuza boss by night. Out to avenge his brother’s murder, Riki starts a war with the adult world mafia—with his father as the ultimate target. His rag tag team of young enforcers, includes handgun-toting tots and a comely young teen who shoots deadly blowdarts from her vagina. When the mob sends a tough fixer named Nohma (Riki Takeuchi) to snuff Riki out, the conflict gets lethal. Fudoh is bloody, surreal and booby-trapped with moments of perverse comedy. An audacious, adrenalized genre film about Oedipal rage, backed up with lots of ammo.
Buy advance tickets here!
The Silent Movie Theatre is at 611 N Fairfax Ave. (one block south of Melrose.)
Don't forget to park for free across the street at the Fairfax High School Parking lot!
A Takashi Miike double bill...
ICHI THE KILLER
“There’s no love in your violence.”—Kakihara in Ichi the Killer
When a film's title is spelled out in a splash of semen, you know it's going to be unique. One of the most disgusting and sadistic movies ever made, it's filled with blood, gore, rape, torture, and self-mutilation. But Ichi the Killer is also a love story. Clad in a padded superhero suit emblazoned with the number one, Ichi (Nao Omori) is being manipulated by the mysterious Jijii (Tetsuo the Iron Man director Shinya Tsukamoto) into taking down a Yakuza gang. Our hero kills the sadistic lover of Kakihara (Tadonobu Asano), whose subsequent search for Ichi is more about his own desire to experience pain than revenge. It's a familiar story, that of a soldier trying to hunt down his boss' killer, except that our hero is an uber-masochist and his prey is a childlike patsy. Ichi is the Killer is so extreme in its gore that they passed out barf-bags to the audience at the Toronto Film Fest. You have been warned.
FUDOH: THE NEW GENERATION
Widely regarded as his first crossover hit, this Yakuza revenge/high school melodrama was made for video but landed in less reputable theatres throughout Japan. Riki Fudoh (Shosuke Tanihara) is a high school student by day and Yakuza boss by night. Out to avenge his brother’s murder, Riki starts a war with the adult world mafia—with his father as the ultimate target. His rag tag team of young enforcers, includes handgun-toting tots and a comely young teen who shoots deadly blowdarts from her vagina. When the mob sends a tough fixer named Nohma (Riki Takeuchi) to snuff Riki out, the conflict gets lethal. Fudoh is bloody, surreal and booby-trapped with moments of perverse comedy. An audacious, adrenalized genre film about Oedipal rage, backed up with lots of ammo.
Buy advance tickets here!
The Silent Movie Theatre is at 611 N Fairfax Ave. (one block south of Melrose.)
Don't forget to park for free across the street at the Fairfax High School Parking lot!
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