Underplayed Gems

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (2013)

Why Don't You Play in Hell? poster
Original title
地獄でなぜ悪い
Directed by
Sion Sono
Genre
action film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 09m
Rated
NR
Rating
7.3 of 10 from 322 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A yakuza boss and a wannabe filmmaker both want to make a movie. One wants to destroy a rival gang and the other wants to create a masterpiece. Their ambitions collide in a bloody and ridiculous film shoot.

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What happens

Why Don't You Play in Hell? (地獄でなぜ悪い, Jigoku de naze warui; literally What's so bad about hell?) is a 2013 Japanese film directed, written and scored by Sion Sono. The movie is an action film based on a screenplay written by Sono fifteen years earlier. North American distributor Drafthouse Films announced its acquisition before it made its world premiere at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, planning a 2014 release in theatres and VOD after its premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival. At Toronto the film won the People's Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section. It won the Audience Award at L’Étrange Festival in Paris the same year after a screening that was its French premiere. Its main theme is the song of the same name, self-produced and written by film cast member Gen Hoshino. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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