Sukiyaki Western Django

THU May 20 7:30 pm Konvikt / film hall / free admission

SUKIYAKI WESTERN DJANGO
Japan 2007

director Takashi Miike
screenplay Takashi Miike, Masajuki Nakamura
director of photography Toyomichi Kurita
editor Yasushi Shimamura
music Kôji Endô
cast Hideaki Ito, Masanobu Ando, Renji Ishibashi,
Quentin Tarantino, Masato Sakai


The legendary Japanese director Takashi Miike presents his remake of classic Sergio Corbucci's spaghetti western Django (1966). A crazy offering even by Miike standards, the deliriously entertaining Sukiyaki Western – Django had camp cult classic stamped all over it from day one, and the cast and crew deliver with straight-faced, winking exuberance. The film is set amidst a fusion mishmash of dusty hills and painted backdrops, cowboy hats and Japanese period costume, providing an appropriate environment for the looney tunes genius of Miike.


The ideal viewer is a Miike fan who loves spaghetti westerns, extreme stylization, interpretive dance (accompanied by a didgeridoo and drums), samurai epics, pulp surrealism, Quentin Tarantino (who appears briefly as Ringo, another recurring Italian Western character), brutal violence and teasing out obscure exploitation allusions.