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Gozu

Takashi Miike

Japan2003 129min 35mm Color Asian Premiere

Synopsis

Minami, a young yakuza, respects senior Ozaki who is his Aniki(literally brother in Japanese) that saved his life in the past. However, their boss asks Minami to kill Ozaki seems to be losing his mind lately. Minami, troubled over whom to be loyal to, takes Ozaki to the yakuza disposal dump in Nagoya but tragedy strikes on the way there. Minami gets thrown into a world where he experiences things that have nerver happened to him before….

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Takashi Miike

Born in Osaka Prefecture in 1960. Takashi Miike is a graduate of the Yokohama Academy of Broadcasting and Film. He started his career under Shohei Imamura, Kazuo Kuroki. He made his feature debut it 1995 with . His film includes (1996), (1997), and (1999). Working in a wide span of genres from adolescent films to Yakuza movies fantasy stories His latest films are , and .