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Gozu |  | Director: Takashi Miike
Actors: Yûta Sone, Shô Aikawa, Kimika Yoshino, Shôhei Hino, Keiko Tomita
Studio: Pathfinder Home Ent.
Category: DVD
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Rating:  46 reviews
Sales Rank: 26937
Format: Color, Director's Cut, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: Japanese (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 129 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: DPH91149D
UPC: 825307911497
EAN: 0825307911497
ASIN: B0002Z7RNG
Theatrical Release Date: 2003
Release Date: November 23, 2004
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Product Description
From the acclaimed director Takashi Miike comes a Yakuza/ horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere! When Minami is sent to kill his mentor Ozaki who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon that only the director of such films as Audition Dead or Alive and Ichi the Killer can provide in this surreal Lynchian/Cronenberg-like odyssey!Special features16x9 anamorphic video transfer letterboxed Audio Commentary with film critics Andy Klein & Wade Major** Interview with Takashi Miike featuring directors Guillermo Del Toro ("Hellboy") and Eli Roth ("CabinFever")** Making of featurette** Still Gallery Biographies FilmNotes by author Tom Mes - **Unrated version onlySystem Requirements: Running Time 129 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: HORROR Rating: NR UPC: 825307911497 Manufacturer No: PH-91149
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 46
 Madness alive November 22, 2009
Michael Kerjman (The Earth)
Pretending being Hong Kongers, two brothers hung around Japan with no reason but an older sibling's intention to kill yakuza "old man" and seize a control over a gang, found themselves in superstitious situations where sex, incest and Japanese modern reality had been mixed with ancient believes and supernatural.
Unlike other author's movies, lacking of murdering and blood at grand grade makes this film even more entertaining.
An extra-orbital DVD price at local shops is a simple rip off.
 Eeh!,Wa!.....Is that a hand coming from out of your vagina? January 25, 2009
CraigalsCosmosis (Chicago,IL USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
See a woman give birth to a full grown man while she's having sex....See a creepy old lady lactate her milk all over the place(Yeesshhh!!!!)See tailor made suits of human bodies with the organs still intact.See a cow-headed demon(creepy as hell!)and other sick and twisted oddities.Besides the shock factor that Miike provides for us he has some kind of an underlying meaning about sex,violence,chaos and a nightmare that takes place in left field some where.The most bizarre and ominous for me are the scenes with the cowman and the poor little yapping puppy that gets stomped on. For whatever reason it had me thinking about the relation we as humans have to animals,along with the relationship we share together living on the same planet.The cow-headed demon(or goat head?) that has always been a symbol of evil in history connects some how with the giving of new life to a dead yakuza boss,born again fully grown along with the killing of a helpless puppy.Where do the human suits come in(shedding of old skin maybe)?Everthing here connects perhaps?Perhaps many would think Miike is only putting this out there for shock factor,but these ideas still have to come from somewhere inside the mind of Takashi Miike.The point is that these images here on the screen mean something.I'm just not sure what.I very much enjoyed this film and appreciate Miike's strangness.A lot of repeated viewing potential here for me to see if there was something else going on I missed that carried some sort of human behavior trait that manifest itself out of our subconsious.
truly strange and intriguing.. this one's out there. May 7, 2008
Raul Duke (Pittsburgh)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
As strange and twisted as this movie is, it manages to be completely surreal, and at times subtle. it was a crazy experience to say the least.
The second full-length Takashi Miike movie ive seen, "Ichi The Killer" being the only other. i was surprised with the overall package here. theres only one scene you could really constitute as violence, and even that is pretty hilarious in its own way. this one is out there, even for Miike. i dont want to list too much of the oddities, as thats already been done very heavily (reading them took some of the fun out of this movie for me) ill just say ive seen ichi 3 times and imprint twice, and his movie had me scratching my head in awe and confusion many times.
things start off looking like a yakuza film, but the tide turns fast as the main character is charged with killing his superior.. and best friend. early into the movie his friend disappears out of nowhere, and thus begins the search.. and an excellent journey into what may be another realm (nothing is really explained, which may put off some viewers, but i think it all just added to the intrique)
good camera work(some scenes are excellently atmospheric) lots of good laughs, although you may wander why your laughing, and a story that'll keep you guessing long after the credits(i still am)
you'll have the best experience with this movie if you just go ahead and watch it. dont read the spoilers in many reviews on here, i cant imagine how great this would've been if i hadnt known what was going to happen.
any fan of Takashi or generally strange cinema - buy this now!
Gozu equals Cow God goodness May 6, 2008
Richard B. Knight (Dover, NJ)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is one of my favorite movies ever, and definitely the best work famed director, Takashi Miike, has ever made.
This special DVD comes loaded with awesome features, which is actually kinda rare for a foreign release, and you definitely get your money's worth.
Like David Lynch? (Especially Lost Highway, which this film kind of echos) Then you're going to LOVE Gozu.
A April 21, 2008
Wade Mcfarland (tulsa ok)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Gozu is a twisted fever dream that no sane man should ever dream up... forever laddels, cows, poodles, milk, and child birth will be looked at differently after watching this... but it was great
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