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Showa Kayo Daizenshu (Japan Version)
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With his ultraviolent tale of the battle between amoral punks and privileged middle aged women, director Shinohara Tetsuo cuts a deep swath into the absurd, while commenting adroitly on some of the issues faced by modern Japanese society.

Six youths in their early 20s make their homes in the Tokyo suburb of Chofu, where they drift aimlessly, gathering at night at an abandoned pier to sing pop standards from Japan's Showa Era (1926-1989). One day, a member named Sugioka accidentally collides with a middle-aged woman hurrying about her business. He uses the encounter to try and pick her up, but is soon rejected. Angered, he cuts her with a knife he is carrying, and walks away as she bleeds. Rather than horror, he feels a strange sense of satisfaction...

However, the victim is not merely a faceless housewife. Rather, she is one of six women all with the first name Midori. Much like the Chofu boys, the Midoris also have a penchant for singing pop tunes - a connecting bond - and they spend their time singing karaoke to stave off the stifling boredom of middle age. The remaining Midoris track Sugioka down and murder him, using a similar weapon. Again, like Sugioka, the women feel a strange sense of pleasure after committing the grisly crime. When Sugioka's pals find out what has happened, war is declared and all hell breaks loose.
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Product Title: Showa Kayo Daizenshu (Japan Version) 昭和歌謠大全集 (日本版) Showa Kayo Daizenshu (Japan Version) 昭和歌謡大全集 Showa Kayo Daizenshu (Japan Version)
Artist Name(s): Ikeuchi Hiroyuki | Ando Masanobu | Kishimoto Kayoko | Kondo Koen | Suzuki Sawa | Uchida Shungiku | Saito Yoichiro | Matsuda Ryuhei | Murata Mitsuru | Hosokawa Fumie | Higuchi Kanako | Morio Yumi 池內博之 | 安藤政信 | 岸本加世子 | 近藤公園 | 鈴木砂羽 | 內田春菊 | 齊藤陽一郎 | 松田龍平 | Murata Mitsuru | Hosokawa Fumie | 樋口可南子 | 森尾由美 池内博之 | 安藤政信 | 岸本加世子 | 近藤公园 | 铃木砂羽 | Uchida Shungiku | 齐藤阳一郎 | 松田龙平 | Murata Mitsuru | Hosokawa Fumie | 樋口可南子 | 森尾由美 池内博之 | 安藤政信 | 岸本加世子 | 近藤公園 | 鈴木砂羽 | 内田春菊 | 斉藤陽一郎 | 松田龍平 | 村田充 | 細川ふみえ | 樋口可南子 | 森尾由美 Ikeuchi Hiroyuki | Ando Masanobu | Kishimoto Kayoko | Kondo Koen | Suzuki Sawa | Uchida Shungiku | Saito Yoichiro | Matsuda Ryuhei | Murata Mitsuru | Hosokawa Fumie | Higuchi Kanako | Yumi Morio
Director: Shinohara Tetsuo 篠原哲雄 篠原哲雄 篠原哲雄 Shinohara Tetsuo
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Release Date: 2004-05-28
Publisher Product Code: BCBJ-1898
Language: Japanese
Country of Origin: Japan
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it?
Publisher: Bandai Visual
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1003253018

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タイトル:昭和歌謡大全集
出演:松田龍平/池内博之/斉藤陽一郎/村田充/近藤公園/安藤政信/樋口可南子/森尾由美/細川ふみえ/鈴木砂羽/内田春菊/岸本加世子
監督:篠原哲雄

ガキvsおばさんの壮絶な殺し合い!村上龍の原作を豪華キャストで映画化した話題作。

東京都下・調布に住む6人の少年たち。彼らは定期的にカラオケ・パーティを開いていた。歌うのは最新のヒット曲ではなく、昭和の歌謡曲だった。ある日、少年たちの一人・スギオカが、ひょんな事からヤナギモトミドリという中年女性を殺してしまう。ヤナギモトミドリは、全員が"ミドリ"という名を持つ親睦会・ミドリ会のメンバーだった。仲間を殺されたミドリ会の面々は復讐を決行。やがて事態はガキvsおばさんの報復合戦へと発展してゆく…。
'94年に「週刊プレイボーイ」に連載され物議をかもした村上龍のベストセラー小説を映画化。過激な表現ゆえに映像化不可能とも言われた原作を「はつ恋」「月とキャベツ」の篠原哲雄が、これまで手掛けた作品とは全く異なるアクション・エンターテイメントに仕上げている。松田龍平、池内博之、安藤政信ほかの人気若手俳優と、樋口可南子、森尾由美、細川ふみえ、岸本加世子といった実力派女優陣が壮絶な殺し合いを繰り広げてゆく。また「恋の季節」「チャンチキおけさ」「錆びたナイフ」「君といつまでも」「SWEET MEMORIES」など、劇中を彩る昭和の名曲にも注目して欲しい。

15禁
■映像特典:メイキング・インタビュー「昭和歌謡大全集 JAM SESSION」/劇場予告編/特報/TVスポット

テクニカル・インフォメーション
:カラー
画面:16:9/4:3(LB)
言語/音声:日本語:DD(2chサラウンド)

その他の情報
製作年:2002
著作権:(C)2002 光和インターナショナル/バンダイビジュアル
日本小売価格:¥3800

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Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10 (2)

Anonymous

January 10, 2005

A must see for all fans of devilishly black reveng Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I'm another one who was lucky enough to catch this gem at the London Film Festival. I was a bit sceptical at first, as I am normally not into "revenge" themed films that much, but I watched anything and everything Japanese at the time, so I went to check it out - and luckily I did! I personally haven't laughed about anything as hard for a very long time...! (You HAVE to watch it , if only to see Masanobu Ando ask for an A-Bomb in the local ironmongers ...). The producers have done a good job, too, by picking such a vast range of well-known Japanese actors, as well as combining the teen pin-ups with faces a "middle-aged" audience can relate to - and the guys sure ain't bad-looking. However, I can only add as well that I wish this came with English subs, aas I don't speak Japanese at all. If anyone has enough time and feels like it, a translation is always appreciated... :) As is any information regarding a possible release with English subs!
All in all, go check this out, you won't regret it!
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Anonymous

October 29, 2004

AN EXCELLENT DARK COMEDY!!! Customer Review Rated Bad 10 - 10 out of 10
I saw this recentley at the London Film Festival and didn't know much about it before I went into the cinema except that it had Matsuda Ryuhei in it who impressed me tremendously in 'Aoi Haru'. I couldn't believe how good this movie was!!. . it was very violent but at the same time extemely funny!! :0 I wish that this dvd had english subtitles as my Japanese is quite basic and i am dying to see this again.
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