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This is the latest film from one of Japan's most prolific directors, the incomparable Takashi Miike. I'm posting this here and not in the World Cinema thread because the film is in Enlgish and lists Quentin Tarantino as one of its stars thus gaining some mainstream attention.

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The trailer for Takashi Miike's Sukiyaki Western Django is online, and it looks glorious, it really does. The styling on the film looks superb, and the camera presents some interesting framing. Not only that but there's the cool mix of east and west which might turn out to really work.

However there are a couple of amusing points, particularly about Quentin Tarantino's appearance. Oh, and you'll realise that there's no voice throughout the trailer, I really do think that's a big oversight on whoever encoded it.

That is unless that's the way the trailer is supposed to be? No matter. I love the fact that the big opening title says:

 

'Miike is one of the greatest directors living today.'

 

Wow, that must be from someone really famous, it is. Quentin Tarantino, one of the stars of the film. You have to love the irony of that, even though it's a pretty fair quote to make, it's rather funny that it comes from one of the stars who's not even known for his acting.

Then there's the clip that shows Tarantino playing an old character as well as himself, let's hope he's not going all Eddie Murphy on us and starting to play multiple characters in one film. He might have fifteen roles in Inglorious Bastards!

That aside, and the glaringly terrible error of missing an important audio channel on the encoding, the trailer does look wonderful, and there's a great talent pool there too. There's a real mix of genres in there and it looks like it might work to give us something really exciting.

The film is in English - apparently because you wouldn't know from the trailer - and sees two rival clans in a mountain town living in a tight balance of power searching for some lost treasure. A stranger arrives in the town and begins to upset that balance. It's a real mix of world influences and there's one shot in the trailer that shows that off the best with the sword versus the pistol.

 

Trailer ----> HERE

 

I'm not a fan of Westerns but damn, that looks cool!



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I saw this advertised on posters when i was in japan and it looked so cool, but i couldnt get the chance to see it but its a film ill get for sure when its released on dvd.

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The Japanese DVD was released earlier this year.

The US cinema release is next Friday (August 29th) but no word on a UK release. it will probably get a limited run at art houses then straight to DVD next year.

-- Edited by Man In Black at 11:35, 2008-08-22

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I found it on some sites,ill probably buy it if i can.I picked up several flyers of it to and big posters which they were handing out in the cinema (i picked this one up, along with a new Pokemon film,Hana Yori dango the movie and Charlie Wilsons war),.

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