Gozu (2003)

Original title

極道恐怖大劇場 牛頭 GOZU

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Genre

surrealist film

Country

Japan

Runtime

2h 10m

Rated

18

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 234 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A yakuza enforcer is told to kill his unstable boss. After he completes the job, the body disappears and he gets trapped in a strange suburban town full of odd characters and disturbing events.

surrealunsettlingabsurdslow-burndreamlikegrotesqueweirdbizarreatmospheric

What happens

Gozu (極道恐怖大劇場　牛頭　ＧＯＺＵ, Gokudō kyōfu dai-gekijō: Gozu; literally: Yakuza Horror Theatre: Bull's Head) is a 2003 Japanese surrealist film directed by Takashi Miike and written by Sakichi Sato. Starring Hideki Sone and Show Aikawa, the film follows a yakuza enforcer dispatched to kill his unstable superior, only to lose the body and become ensnared in a succession of increasingly bizarre events in a desolate suburb of Nagoya. Shot on a low budget and originally intended for direct-to-video release, the film screened at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival, which secured its theatrical release overseas. It received mixed reviews from critics. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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