Pistol Opera (2001)
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
Cast and Information
Directed By: Seijun Suzuki
Written By: Kazunori Itô, Takeo Kimura
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Kirin Kiki, Mikijirô Hira, Tomio Aoki, Yôji Tanaka, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Haruko Katô, Hanae Kan, Kenji Sawada, Makiko Esumi, Kensaku Watanabe, Sayoko Yamaguchi
Genre: Crime
AKA: Pisutoru opera
Country: Japan
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Pistol Opera belongs to 7 collections
1. Jonathan Rosenbaum's Top 1000 Movies (collaborative: moderated by PeaceAnarchy - 38 stars)
2. They Shoot Pictures' Recommended Viewing (collaborative: moderated by Cinephile - 19 stars)
3. Skandies (collaborative: moderated by toro913 - 7 stars)
4. edkrak films to see (public: edkrak - 4 stars)
5. Girls with guns (collaborative: moderated by mattburgess - 3 stars)
6. Movies not submitted in their original titles (read description before adding) (collaborative - 1 star)
7. 2001: Year in Review (public: polanski28)
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| Date | User | Rating | |
| Aug 31, 2012 |  |
TheDenizen | 70 63rd |
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Stray Cat, the #3 killer in Japan is assigned the task of assassinating Hundred Eyes, the existing #1. It's sorta like the interpretive dance version of Branded to Kill, packed to the brim with bizarre imagery, strange asides, and ultra stylized shootouts. It doesn't have a ton of narrative coherence, but the visual composition of practically every scene is incredible. It's bursting with angles and colors, like jazz for your eyes. It probably would have been just as good without any dialog.
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| Dec 23, 2009 |  |
JMBosch | 70 43rd |
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This is only the 3rd Seijun Suzuki movie I've seen, so I'm wondering if I need to be more familiar with his work. The connections to Branded to Kill are abundant throughout, and it maintains the odd, detached and systematic bureaucracy of hired murder like the aforementioned. However, this film is a bizarre opera, with a LOT of confusing imagery, symbolism, and monologues. It's very slow-paced, but the set design and the composition of some of the fights are great. Definitely SOMETHING here.
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| Feb 20, 2009 | Holygrail2 | 68 8th |
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It is really pretentious and kind of boring and it's very difficult to tell what's going on (if anything).
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| Dec 10, 2008 |  |
Mentaculus | 50 24th |
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I love Suzuki's other efforts, including Branded to Kill which this film is based off of, but this is nigh inaccessible. I like to think I have extraordinary patience, but PO was pushing it.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
yilb | 40 25th |
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Striking yet very tough going. Made me sleepy. His other movies are more engaging, as i recall.
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| Aug 14, 2007 |  |
NeuroticErot | 98 98th |
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Holy shit, this movie is fucking amazing.
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| Average Percentile 51.17% from 97 Ratings |  |