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Mood:
- AtmosphericOffbeatStylized
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Plot:
- Femme FataleAssassinationAssassination AttemptHitmanChases and RacesCrimesDangerDeadly more...
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Genres:
- CrimeForeignExperimentalAction
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- AsiaJapan
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Praise:
- Critically Acclaimed
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Style:
- SurrealStrong Female Presence
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Attitudes:
- SeriousRealistic
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Flag:
- Violent Content
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Pistol Opera, 2001
Japanese
Japan
Profile of Pistol Opera
The mood of Pistol Opera is atmospheric, offbeat, and stylized. The plot centers around an assassination attempt, a femme fatale, and rivalry. It is a foreign, crime, and action movie. Stylistically, Pistol Opera is experimental, is surreal, and stars a strong female character. In approach, it is serious and realistic. The setting is Japan. Pistol Opera happens in contemporary times. The movie is known for being critically acclaimed. Note that it includes violent content.
Summary of Pistol Opera
Seijun Suzuki, the legendary Japanese director probably best known for the cult hit BRANDED TO KILL, returns with this movie about a league of killers of hire. Something of a sequel to BRANDED TO KILL, the film stars Makiko Esumi as a killer named Miyuki Minazuki but known as "Stray Cat" the number three assassin in Japan's professional killer guild. As in its predecessor, number three is contacted by the guild and ordered to kill number one. Knowing that if she succeeds she will become number one, Miyuki embarks on a difficult and dangerous mission to kill the elusive number one. Told in Suzuki's trademark style that blends a fractured narrative with lurid and heavily stylized action sequences, PISTOL OPERA is another brilliant work from a great director.
Details
| Language: | Japanese |
| Country: | Japan |
| Release date: | 22 April 2002 |
| Runtime: | 112 min |
Cast and Crew
as Miyuki Minazuki
as Man dressed in black
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