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Gokudô kyôfu daigekijô: Gozu

Gokudô kyôfu daigekijô: Gozu

2003Video⏱️ 2h 9mR
CrimeDramaHorrorMysteryThriller
6.9
IMDB Rating
13,304 votes

A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.

Director
Takashi Miike
Writers
N/A
Stars
Yûta Sone, Kimika Yoshino, Shôhei Hino
Release Date
July 30, 2004
Language
Japanese
Country
Japan
🏆 5
Wins
🎯 4
Nominations
💬 89
Reviews
📋 24.2K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

👤
Yûta Sone
as Minami
👤
Kimika Yoshino
as Female Ozaki
👤
Shôhei Hino
as Nose
👤
Keiko Tomita
as Innkeeper
👤
Harumi Sone
as Innkeeper's Brother
👤
Susumu Kimura
👤
Kanpei Hazama
👤
Sakichi Sato
as Coffee Shop Manager
Tokitoshi Shiota
Tokitoshi Shiota
as Gozu
Masaya Katô
Masaya Katô

💰 Box Office

$58,633
Worldwide Gross
$58,202
Domestic Gross
$5,030
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Sound
DTS
Color
Color
Filming Location
Nagoya, Aichi, Japan
Production
Rakueisha, The Klockworx

🏷️ Keywords

yakuzalactationcow headexploitationjapanese

🎯 Categories

JapanesePsychological HorrorCrimeDramaHorrorMysteryThriller

⭐ Featured Review

Very Strange....but in a good way
by theoscillator_132005-06-15
7/10

"The synopsis on the DVD case compares it to something in the style of David Lynch. I would agree with that. It's definitely a surreal and strange movie. I would not rank it as high as Ichi the Killer or Audition , both of which I loved. This is Takishi Miike doing what he does best, trying to shock people but I think he's trying too hard with this movie at times to the point where it gets boring. The movie seems to loose itself in it's own strangeness at times but overall it's accomplishes what it's out to accomplish. This movie is a nice piece of artistic filmaking a..."

💡 Did You Know?

The store-owner's American wife knew no Japanese, and had to read her lines phonetically off cue cards posted above her head. She proved to be absolutely hopeless at anything resembling proper pronunciation or competent acting. Director Takashi Miike found the result interesting and displayed the cards for a simultaneously eerie and comedic effect.

📖 Synopsis

A yakuza enforcer is ordered to secretly drive his beloved colleague to be assassinated. But when the colleague unceremoniously disappears en route, the trip that follows is a twisted, surreal and horrifying experience.