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IZO is a 2004 Japanese period horror film directed by Takashi Miike. The main character of the film is Izo Okada (1832–1865), the historical samurai and assassin in 19th-century Japan who was tortured and executed by beheading in Tosa.
Izo appeared previously in Hideo Gosha's Hitokiri (1969), then played by Shintaro Katsu. However, Miike's portrayal of the character (or rather his spirit) transcends reality (and time and space) and is more of a surrealist exposé of Izo's exceedingly bloody yet philosophical encounters in an afterlife heavy on symbolism, occasionally interrupted by stock footage of World War II accompanied by acid-folk singer Kazuki Tomokawa on guitar. Kazuya Nakayama plays Izo and the many characters he encounters on his journey include figures played by Takeshi Kitano and Bob Sapp.
Cast
Kazuya Nakayama - Okada Izo
Kaori Momoi -
Ryuhei Matsuda -
Ryôsuke Miki - Hampeita Takechi
Yuya Uchida - Spirit
Masumi Okada - Politician
Hiroki Matsukata -
Hiroshi Katsuno - Samurai
Masato - Samurai
Bob Sapp - Monk
Takeshi Caesar - Samurai
Takeshi Kitano - The Prime Minister
Daijiro Harada - Judge
Renji Ishibashi - Samurai
Mickey Curtis - Monk
Kazuki Tomokawa -
Taisaku Akino
Hiroyuki Nagato - Elder
Susumu Terajima -
Saburō Shinoda
Ken Ogata -
Joe Yamanaka -
Awards
Izo was awarded the best Special Effects prize at the Sitges Film Festival (Spanish international festival specializing in fantasy and horror films).
External links
Izo at IMDb
ＩＺＯ (in Japanese). Japanese Movie Database. Retrieved 21 July 2007.
Reviews
dinaMiike – review and interpretation
Cultflicks – review
d+kaz
Midnight Eye
Martin Tsai (reprinted from WestEnder)
Nippon Cinema Archived 11 March 2007 at the Wayback Machine
See also
Hitokiri at IMDb
References
IZO may refer to:
Izo, a 2004 Japanese film
International Zakat Organization, an organization based in Malaysia
Izumo Airport, an airport in Japan
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Bandar Udara Izumo
- Keizo
- Keizo Miura
- Keizo Masuhara
- Keizo Adachi
- Keizo Imai
- Universitas Waseda
- Akira (film 1988)
- Tenrikyo
- Takeru Satoh
- Izo
- Okada Izō
- IZO
- Izo FitzRoy
- Izo Hashimoto
- George Izo
- Like a Dragon: Ishin!
- IZO-Narkompros
- Four Hitokiri of the Bakumatsu
- Iburi Izō
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