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This early work by acclaimed director Takashi Miike ("Ichi the Killer") is an atypically subdued drama, dealing with the enduring rivalry of two fight-prone children growing up in 1970s Japan. Unable to definitively confront one another throughout their youth, the two become professional fighters and, nearly 20 years after their first meeting, find themselves opposing each other in the ring. Takeshi Caesar, Kazuki Kitamura star. 114 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: Japanese Dolby Digital stereo; Subtitles: English; interview. In Japanese with English subtitles.
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Takashi Miike, along with 'Beat' Takeshi Kitano and Ring director Hideo Nakata, is one of the very few contemporary Japanese directors whose name is well known among mainstream western cinema-goers. The global acclaim which he received for Audition, coupled with western video/DVD releases of Dead or Alive , Visitor Q and Fudoh: The New Generation , has made western audiences aware that Miike is something special.
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Never one to settle into a genre, cult director Takashi Miike adapts Ikki Kajiwara and Hisao Maki's homoerotic prison novel into an ambiguous drama that keeps audiences at bay with Godardian devices, but invites attention with its visual brilliance. Two new arrivals at a juvenile detention center are drawn together by their different backgrounds. Jun (Ryuhei Matsuda), a young gay man charged with murder, is taken under the wing of Shiro (Masanobu Ando), a tattoo-covered brute with a tormented childhood. Their surreal journey plays out against the very real backdrop of a prison murder investigation. "Big Bang Love joins Gozu and Izo in the Miike pantheon of hard-edged ontological essays pushing the limit of representation" (Nathan Lee, Village Voice). An Official Selection at the Berlin Film Festival.
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Takashi Miike hardly requires introduction anymore. His sudden rise to fame over the course of 2000, when his films Dead or Alive and Audition made the rounds of international film festivals leaving audiences shell-shocked in their wake, proves the impact of his quite extraordinary work. Miike is one of a rare breed: a director with originality and a truly unique vision on his art and the world. He has walked the tightrope between the artistic and the pragmatic for ten years now with hardly a misstep, an amazing feat considering he has directed more than 45 films.
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Takashi Miike (三池崇史) was born August 24, 1960 in Osaka, Japan. A director who's filmography includes over 60 titles, he originally worked in the B-movie field producing straight-to-video Yakuza, horror and manga adaptations and has turned this field into a new artform. While still not necessarily a commercial success outside of Japan yet, he has an immense cult fan following. His work, as well as horror films like Ringu, have renewed interest in the Japanese film industry over the past five years.
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Takashi Miike was recently hired by the american Showtime cable channel to participate in a serie called Masters Of Horror. The serie include famous horror movie directors such as John Carpenter, Stuart Gordon, Dario Argento and Tobe Hooper.
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