Sukiyaki Western Django (2008) - Movie Details

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Release Date:	August 29, 2008 (Limited)
On DVD:	November 11, 2008
Genre:	Action
Director:	Takashi Miike
Writer:	Takashi Miike, Masa Nakamura
Cast:	Hideaki Ito, Koichi Sato, Yusuke Iseya, Quentin Tarantino, Masanobu Ando, Takaaki Ishibashi, Yoshino Kimura, Teruyuki Kagawa, Masato Sakai, Shun Oguri, Kaori Momoi
Studio:	First Look Pictures
Official site:	sukiyakimovie.com
Running Time:	98 minutes
MPAA Rating:	Rated R for strong violence, including a rape

Famed Japanese auteur Takashi Miike, best known for cult classics "Audition," "Ichi the Killer," and "The City of Lost Souls," redefines the spaghetti Western with "Sukiyaki Western Django," a tale written in blood. Two clans, Genji, the white clan led by Yoshitsune, and Heike, the red clan led by Kiyomori, battle for a legendary treasure hidden in a desolate mountain town. One day, a lone gunman, burdened with deep emotional scars but blessed with incredible...

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One of the strangest films of 2008, Sukiyaki Western Django is a Japanese-made and -acted western where the actors speak English, the characters fire guns and the bad guy wields a samurai sword. It is west meets east in gory, broken English fashion, and it's quite entertaining.

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