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Gozu

Gozu

2003
Drama, Crime
2h 9m
From the acclaimed director, Takashi Miike, comes a Yakuza/horror film to shock and amaze audiences everywhere. When Minami is sent to kill his mentor, Ozaki, who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown, he embarks on a journey of unexplained natural phenomenon. (Pathfinder Pictures)
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Gozu

2003
Drama, Crime
2h 9m
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Rated 14 Aug 2007
75
84th
Gozu stands out as one of Miike's finer efforts, with a plot including his mainstay yakuza and criminal investigation themes, but also a lot of weirdness. The mystery and often repugnant surreal imagery here are very Lynchian or perhaps Cronenbergian.
Rated 13 Oct 2009
5
80th
what the fuck what the fuck what the fuck
Rated 25 Aug 2007
100
90th
Has some of the most insanely twisted scenes I've ever seen in my life, and I've seen a lot of them. That's all that needs to be said, really. That and the man who sits in the restaurant on the phone insisting that it was, in fact, hot the other day and he was, in fact, wearing a t-shirt (t-shirt time! Incidentally a completely freaking hilarious scene.) makes this movie very much worth watching. To put it simply, it's a very Miike film.
Rated 23 Jul 2009
1
10th
Like you would expect from Miike, this is filled with bizarre and surreal images, but they lose their potential power when they're seemingly not connected to an overall theme or even suggested message. I get that it to a certain degree is about repressed homosexuality, but it has nothing to say on the matter.
Rated 05 Aug 2010
73
47th
I guess if there's one thing to take away from this movie its, don't have sex with your brother.
Rated 22 Dec 2010
55
32nd
Hey look it's a bunch of weird stuff happening without any reason to care and none of which will really be explained. It was atmospheric at times, but mostly it just felt point- and aimless. Does get a few bonus points for drooling man-cow, the worst way to die captured on film (it involves a ladle) and a hilariously twisted birth.
Rated 09 Jan 2012
60
23rd
Should have been right up my alley, but it wasn't. Some of the scenes are awesome -- the last 10 minutes, the cow-man, a couple other scenes -- but I felt it dragged! I'm sure this movie is saying something... someone said repressed homosexuality and I can see that, but I had a hard time getting into it. Not because of the weirdness, just because that for every weird moment, there was a couple not so fantastic moments. Oh well, original and twisted... worth a watch.
Rated 29 Jun 2012
10
96th
Remember when you were a kid riding your bike around town and every corner you turned was a new place you'd never seen before? Also, remember drinking milk from your mother's breasts? I got an Alice in Wonderland vibe from this big-time, so naturally I'm all over it. Lots of paranoia too. Miike's a cool dude. Childish maybe, but that's partially what makes him great.
Rated 09 Sep 2012
4
51st
For someone who pumps out movies faster than an assembly line worker pump out cars, it's not surprising to find that Miike's films vary in quality. One thing does remains consistent, and that is that he is one twisted motherfucker (and that's a compliment, by the way). Gozu, however, isn't his strongest effort. It's not even his most dementedly imaginative. Despite the brilliant Cronenbergian finale, the overall impression is of an aimless and empty film (that's not a compliment, by the way).
Rated 13 Nov 2016
30
12th
Seems to be about the homosexual desire between two individuals, in a milieu (the underworld of gangsters) that makes the expression of that desire impossible, and so about the tortured journey through another milieu (the underworld of mythology, à la Orpheus and Eurydice) one must take in search of the other, as the only path possible towards being together (via an intermediary). Nevertheless, overall impression is of a poor Lynch imitation with touches of Cronenberg. More farce than horror.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
50
26th
I've enjoyed most of the Miike films I've seen, but something about this one just didn't click with me.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
100
99th
If you read about how this movie was made before you watch it, the experience will be 10x better. This movie is very funny, and a little bit on the disturbing side.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
90
94th
Great stuff, really kept me second guessing what could possibly come next. And Miike has really pulled together some good visual direction here. His stuff's sometimes flat, but this had a great balance of film versus video look.
Rated 14 Aug 2007
72
41st
Very David Lynch-esque, with all the good and bad connotations of that phrase. Some of it is rather pointless (and needlessly disgusting) but it's all pretty engaging. I got enough lactation in Visitor Q however, I don't need to see any more of that... ever.
Rated 29 Aug 2007
98
97th
This movie is nearly perfect. It alienates you to the point where you like it. Much like Ichi, don't watch it if you feel sick.
Rated 21 Nov 2007
89
64th
Takashi Miike's bizarre, frightening, and sometimes humorous tribute to David Lynch. The story of a man coming to terms with his own sexuality, masked as a supernatural thriller/mystery, bending genres in a way only Miike can do. Definitely one of my favorite films from the prolific director.
Rated 06 Apr 2008
84
60th
some really, really great images and ideas are in here. it's kind of a "regardless of the consequences"-surrealism, which gleams through some other miike films as well (and that is a good thing), but then at parts it loses itself and gets a little bit risible. great experience though.
Rated 21 May 2008
80
56th
The first half is so dull and aimless it feels like a bad case of writer's block. The rest of the movie makes up for it. It's sick and disgusting and I'll never recommend it to anybody, but the inspired weirdness of the last hour is really worth watching... if you're into that sort of stuff.
Rated 30 May 2008
20
4th
Confusing, unfunny and pointless.
Rated 01 Aug 2008
80
74th
Is that possible?
Rated 27 Oct 2008
50
17th
The sheer randomness of it all gets tiresome, but even bad Takashi Miike is at least interesting; the "birth" scene will stay with me I'm sure.
Rated 04 Mar 2009
35
39th
"Gozu is entertaining and lively, but it lacks the focus of earlier Miike masterpieces..."
Rated 31 Jul 2009
70
67th
Crazy...
Rated 11 Oct 2010
70
41st
A little disappointing given its legendary reputation for being the weirdest movie ever made. It's way, way too long, with bad pacing and huge sections that could have simply been chopped out (the screenplay was written in the span of a week, so I can't say I'm surprised), so that what results isn't a snappy, in-your-face blast of weirdness, but a series of long, boring stretches of not much with some weird shit in between. I did like it for the most part, but it could have been so much better.
Rated 24 Oct 2010
25
61st
"Unlike Ichi the Killer and the considerably shorter Visitor Q, Gozu's random acts of hysteria don't seem to add up to anything." - Ed Gonzalez
Rated 16 Apr 2011
50
46th
Of Miike Takashi's numerous horror flicks, Gozu stands among the strangest and most graphic. Despite its narrative flaws, the visceral awkwardness of Takashi's vision is felt within every frame, leading to one of the most insane conclusions every captured on film.
Rated 14 Jun 2011
72
23rd
Dealing with a uniquely Japanese brand of paranoia, this movie punishes you while you wait for the payoff.
Rated 14 Apr 2012
91
80th
wow the ending makes this movie amazing. Up untill the end i was thinking this movie was pretty slow and had some mildly interesting characters and one very odd scene involving milk. Then you get slapped in the face with some good ol Takashi shock and an amazing scene that i wont possibly ever forget.
Rated 03 Jul 2013
55
43rd
If the aim was simply to provide a random series of surreal and disturbing images to the viewer, then it most definitely succeeds, but other than that I'm not entirely sure what the appeal is. Frustratingly, it starts off with a lot of promise, but the looser the plot got, the more my attention waned. Still... it's certainly original.
Rated 04 Oct 2015
90
78th
I thought it was just a weird TK film, the ocean is deep.
Rated 04 May 2016
97
97th
Probably the weirdest movie I have ever seen. watch at your own peril.
Rated 08 Jul 2016
70
64th
Gozu is a weird one alright, and definitely not for dog lovers or people freaked out by cows (and other lactating mammals... ahem) or those who take offence to the odd bit of gender-switching, but all in all not as batshit crazy as its reputation had me expecting.
Rated 18 Apr 2018
89
81st
Lynchian nightmare film (with strong echoes of THE TENANT) is admittedly beautifully crafted and constructed by Miike; despite some truly horrifying and repellent dark corners his hero gets dragged down, this still may be Miike's most even handed, and intensely atmospheric film to date (that the reviewer has seen). Aided by a terrific cast all seemingly at home with the strange, dazed dialogue; gritty cinematography places the strange goings on specifically and deliberately in the 'real world.'
Rated 04 Jul 2018
85
85th
It says a lot about a movie when a man dying from the ladle he shoved up his ass getting electrocuted doesn't crack the top 5 weirdest moments
Rated 01 Nov 2019
86
88th
In the interview with for Forbes Miike said: I've had viewers come directly to my seat while I'm sitting in the darkness watching the film and gauging everyone's reactions, and they'll say "you're sick." Well... The premise and the whole idea for this movie was awesome, some surreal, weird situations. The plot was engaging, the idea of all characters were great... but it was destroyed by the finale. Unnecessary and could've been resolved in some better way, less.. Sick.
Rated 31 Mar 2007
10
17th
People seem to think it's good just because it's Japanese or something
Rated 27 Jun 2008
93
98th
Great
Rated 30 Nov 2008
90
85th
O que falar de Gozu? Uma verdadeira ode ao bizarro, imagine um pesadelo, isso é Gozu. Um pesadelo surreal, um grande show de horrores! Uma verdadeira experiência cinematográfica, estranha, bizarra e inimaginável, mas mesmo assim uma grande experiência. A cena do parto é simplesmente formidável.
Rated 18 Feb 2009
3
40th
"...good, dirty fun."
Rated 13 Apr 2009
89
81st
bastante perturbadora, al menos a mi me dejo con los nervios de punta, el final es bastante bueno como siempre, miike me dejo satisfecho con otra grande
Rated 21 Mar 2010
75
55th
Like David Lynch, only good.
Rated 17 Dec 2010
15
2nd
Cheap Lynch/Cronenberg rip off.
Rated 28 Mar 2011
4
38th
A cautionary tale against...? Who knows. I'd be surprised if Miike knew either.
Rated 29 Jan 2012
70
65th
Lynchesque. That's a compliment.
Rated 28 Apr 2018
40
32nd
Insanely stupid, or perhaps moronically idiotic. A long slog to anything good. It starts off with a nonsensical meeting of gangsters and goes pretty far down hill from there getting progressively more twisted and ludicrous. I'm surprised I was able to get through it, since there was nothing really worthwhile until the end with its alien-like sex scene that could possibly be used to define what the term bat-shit crazy actually means.
Rated 25 Feb 2019
40
32nd
Well I tried to soldier through GOZU but couldn't make it more than an hour. I don't go for the "disjointed scenes and aggressively anti-plot" device that gets used a lot in horror. Experimental is not my bag.
Rated 05 Jun 2020
5
4th
Bad case of trolling
Rated 28 Aug 2020
80
64th
Tá achando que esqueci o aniversário de 60 anos do Miike? Achou errado, otário! Esse é do período mais fértil do Miike em que ele fazia uma obra-prima atrás da outra, mesmo assim é um dos que menos gosto dessa época. Unrated DVDRip MED.
Rated 13 Jul 2022
36
28th
I think I'm finally done with Miike after this did nothing for me, and Gozu is his most hyped film besides Audition and maybe Ichi. Lots of people in here comparing this to Lynch (including one guy saying this is better? How dare you), but that's simply reducing it to "both have weird surreal imagery". Miike has never made me feel a sense of profound unease, or had a character that I empathized with. There are lots of stretches of boredom in this when blood or milk isn't on the screen.
Rated 26 Jun 2023
85
90th
Surreal and Funny

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