Release Date
August 29, 2008 (Limited)
DVD Release Date
November 11, 2008 (Buy on Amazon)
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
Running Time
98 minutes
MPA 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... Full synopsis »
MOVIE REVIEW
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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