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Survive Style 5+

  • 2004
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.4/10
10K
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Survive Style 5+ (2004)
Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.
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Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.Five bizarre stories with no apparent connection to one and other eventually become intertwined, resulting in surreal circumstances.

  • Director
    • Gen Sekiguchi
  • Writer
    • Taku Tada
  • Stars
    • Tadanobu Asano
    • Reika Hashimoto
    • Kyôko Koizumi
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  • IMDb RATING
    7.4/10
    10K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Gen Sekiguchi
    • Writer
      • Taku Tada
    • Stars
      • Tadanobu Asano
      • Reika Hashimoto
      • Kyôko Koizumi
    • 43User reviews
    • 45Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination total

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    Tadanobu Asano
    Tadanobu Asano
    • Aman
    Reika Hashimoto
    • Mimi - Ishigaki's wife
    Kyôko Koizumi
    Kyôko Koizumi
    • Yoko, Commercial Executive
    Hiroshi Abe
    Hiroshi Abe
    • Aoyama, the Hypnotist
    Ittoku Kishibe
    • Tatsuya Kobayashi
    Yumi Asô
    Yumi Asô
    • Misa, Kobayashi's wife
    Kanji Tsuda
    Kanji Tsuda
    • Tsuda - Burglar
    Yoshiyuki Morishita
    Yoshiyuki Morishita
    • Morishita - Burglar
    Jai West
    • J - Burglar
    Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
    • Katagiri - Interpreter
    Vinnie Jones
    Vinnie Jones
    • Hired Killer
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    Shin'ichi Chiba
    • Kazama - Advertising Company President
    Shihori Kanjiya
    Shihori Kanjiya
    • Kaho Kobayashi
    Tomokazu Miura
    Tomokazu Miura
    • Doctor Yamauchi
    Ryûnosuke Kamiki
    Ryûnosuke Kamiki
    • Seiichi Kobayashi
    Nina Uchida
    • Maki - High School girl
    Ayano Seki
    • Hayashi - High School girl
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      • Gen Sekiguchi
    • Writer
      • Taku Tada
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    10UniqueName76

    How to be surreal, satirical, and still maintain a high level of "fun" in your film

    What is Survive Style 5+? One of the best films I have ever seen in my life. This film is about 5 ( or more, you decide) styles of living, depicted in a seemingly haphazard and bewildering form. The use of song, colors, cinematography will ensure most people have no excuse BUT to be captivated by every scene. Even those that simply miss out on all the symbolism and allegories for every day life will find this movie highly entertaining simply from the excellent performances and superb overall presentation.

    The movie opens up with a man, who's apparently murdered his wife, burying her in the forest with a couple of meaningful comments about murder itself. That serious moment opens up a floodgate of seemingly subconscious events and comedy that is meant to jar you from the underlying essence of the movie for a moment. The film introduces other "styles of life", for example a group of bumbling burglar teens, a hit-man (Vinnie Jones) and his translator, an advertising guru who thinks every think she makes is the pinnacle of hilarity, and a family that apparently has a few issues of their own to deal with.

    Each layer of bizarre is followed by another layer of bizarre, until the ending will most likely leave you with your jaw on the floor. The great thing about SS5+ is that deep within the layers of apparently non-sensical comedy and action, there is a meaning to unearth, most people will come up with their own ideas as to "what it all means" and THAT is the best aspect of SS5+, enjoy.
    7nemo183

    I guess not many people know Vinne Jones.........

    Hey, let's just get back these IMDb reviews under control.

    This is an enjoyable, multi-levelled film that will particularly appeal to a European and American audience - just because it is so different.

    However, in view of the whole range of current Japanese/Chinese/Tiawanese film output, anyone giving this a ten star rating should get out more. Especially those people (and you know who you are) have written a "review" which is a word for word quote from the DVD cover.

    Having watched it twice, I enjoyed it. It's got style, and originality. It's really watchable. But, it's a bit like candy-floss - it appears more substantial than it is. In some circumstances, it would acquire a cult following of those wishing to explain each and every scene, in infinite depth.

    There are some great performances. Unfortunately, Vinne Jones does not provide one of these. In his previous, and more honourable career, as a soccer player, he achieved a certain degree of fame as a last stop, hatchett man defender.

    In his retirement, he was superb in his cameo role in "Lock, Stock, and Two Smoking Barrels" However, his role in this film is just a joke. Now, I quite understand if he was cast as a joke - this would lend a degree of irony to his role. But, I just don't think that was the intention.

    So, in conclusion, watching this will not be a wasted 2 hours of your life - but if you haven't already seen 3-Iron, Oldboy, Immortal, Sympathy for Mr Vengeance or Casshern, why not do yourself a favour, and leave this as the light - but substantial - piece of fluff it is?
    10trippycheez

    A colorful and tragic black comedy.

    How to describe the experience of watching SURVIVE STYLE 5+?! The look of the movie alone was enough to blow me away: it features fanciful costumes that look nothing like any clothes I've ever seen before, sets crammed with all manner of curios, and a use of color which is simply outrageous. Imagine WOMEN ON THE VERGE OF A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN's aesthetic mixed with the texture of a Dali painting as filtered through a commercial for bubblegum. Then put it on overdrive and string it with Christmas lights...and you will only have begun to envision the glorious assault of brightness and fashion that is SURVIVE STYLE 5+.

    Fortunately, the movie's abundance of style is matched by its substance. The plot concerns 5 different main characters whose stories become intertwined in a variety of improbable, violent, and hilarious ways. We meet a song-and-dance hypnotist, a businessman who thinks he's a bird, a zombie wife who fires her arm off like a cannon, and a British hit-man who shows up periodically to ask "WOT IS YOUR FUNCTION IN LOIF?" before going nuts and stabbing people. All that, and I'm only describing the first half hour or so...

    Despite its absurd and surreal tone, SURVIVE STYLE 5+ makes complete logical sense. Never once does it veer into the no man's land of "weirdness for the sake of weirdness." The plot meanders all over the place, but there IS a method to its madness: a POINT to it all, a moral to figure out and mull over. In this regard, SURVIVE STYLE 5+ outclasses just about every movie of its type, by which I mean the recent rash of movies with multiple narratives that come together coincidentally. SURVIVE STYLE 5+ is definitely better than HAPPINESS. It may be better than PULP FICTION. MAGNOLIA shouldn't even be mentioned in the same sentence with it. Really, there is no movie I can adequately compare with SURVIVE STYLE 5+ because it seems like the first film of an entirely new genre.

    It's hilarious, too. Several days after viewing the movie, I still find myself walking down the street, remembering a funny scene or line, and laughing wildly to myself about it.

    So do what you can to see it on the big screen, then pray for a decent DVD release. You will NOT be disappointed.
    lynxxx

    Uebercool and surreal Japanese pop culture overdose.

    Survive Style 5+ is without a doubt one of the most bizarre, beautiful , original and over the top films I have seen in the past few years. I couldn't help but smile throughout the entire movie. It's simply unlike anything you have ever seen before. Mindblowing decors, surreal dialog, commercial breaks, hit men & hypnotists. It really is an amazing collection of scenes that are edited and interwoven in a unique way. The oil-painting-like colors and completely insane soundtrack alone are worth it. Add some of the "coolest" actors: Tadanobu Asano and Vinnie Jones and you have yourself one of the most original and entertaining movies coming out of the far east in a long long time.
    8Trelloskilos

    Incredible, original, and daring

    I'm not sure how to even begin a critique of this film. The best analogy that I can think of is a bit like the first time I ever went into a sushi bar. - It wasn't just that the food that I ate was completely different to a palate more used to hamburgers or fish & chips, but that the rules were different too. Instead of having a waitress write down the order, I picked out colourful dishes off a conveyor belt, and ate some wonderfully exotic food. All of this wrapped up in a culture that was decidedly Japanese....and I loved it!!

    Exactly the same is true of Survive Style 5. It was completely different from the usual movies I watch, the rules were broken, the experience was extremely colourful, wonderfully exotic, it was decidedly Japanese...and I loved it too!!

    The film focuses on several story lines, from the fairly tame (the sexual confusion of a group of young friends), to the surreal (the murdered wife who keeps returning to beat up her husband in ever more bizarre ways), to the absurd (the man stuck in a trance thinking he's a bird after the hypnotist is killed)...and beyond.

    The first thing that struck me was the brightness & colour of the film. The words 'kitsch' do not do the sets justice, with big pink fluffy 'Hello Kitty' cuteness or neon manga-esquire style. The movie is not drab in the slightest! Also the film wears its 'Japaneseness' on its sleeve, which is further highlighted by the inclusion of the very un-Japanese Vinnie Jones (playing a hit-man who asks the question "What is your purpose in life?" indiscriminately to air stewardesses and pieces of broccoli).

    Amongst all this mish-mash of colour, lunacy, absurdity, and surrealism lies a a big heart. While almost completely disparate in some places, the movie ends in a surprisingly satisfying manner (In fact, it's one of the best endings I could imagine for a movie so off-the-wall).

    Maybe the film won't be to everybody's taste, especially those who really do not want to try something different, but what can I say? I like to try something new once in a while, and if you're like me, this might be a tasty plate of Futomaki for you!

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    • Release date
      • March 12, 2005 (France)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official site
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • 變態五星級
    • Production companies
      • Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)
      • Tugboat Tokyo
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    • Runtime
      • 2h(120 min)
    • Color
      • Black and White
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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