Survive Style 5+ is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Gen Sekiguchi and produced by Hiroyuki Taniguchi. It stars Tadanobu Asano, Kyōko Koizumi, Reika Hashimoto, Jai West, Sonny Chiba and Vinnie Jones.
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Synopsis
The film follows five simultaneous, loosely linked plot lines, that intertwine and scramble together. A man (Tadanobu Asano) keeps killing his wife (Reika Hashimoto) and burying her in the woods only to find her alive, furious, and waiting for him when he returns home. A suburban family's life is disrupted when the father (Ittoku Kishibe) is permanently hypnotized into believing he is a bird and tries to learn how to fly. A trio of aimless youth pass time by burgling houses. A murderous advertising executive (Kyōko Koizumi) tries to imagine ideas for commercials. The stories clash together through the intervention of a thuggish hitman (Vinnie Jones) and his translator (Yoshiyoshi Arakawa).
Cast
Tadanobu Asano as Masahiro Ishigaki
Reika Hashimoto as Mimi, Ishigaki's wife
Pierre Taki as a motorcycle policeman
Kyōko Koizumi as Yoko, the commercial businesswoman
Asumi Miwa as a waitress
Hiroshi Abe as Aoyama, the hypnotist
Ittoku Kishibe as Tatsuya Kobayashi, the husband
Yumi Asō as Misa Kobayashi, the wife
Shihori Kanjiya as Kaho Kobayashi, the daughter
Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Keiichi Kobayashi, the son
Kanji Tsuda as a Tsuda, a burglar
Yoshiyuki Morishita as Morishita, a burglar
Jai West as J, a burglar
Vinnie Jones as Jimmy Funky Knife, an assassin
Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Katagiri, the assassin's interpreter
Tae Kimura as a flight attendant
Sonny Chiba as Kazama, a pharmaceutical company president
Tomokazu Miura as Yamauchi, a doctor
Release
Survive Style 5+ was shown at the Locarno Film Festival on August 6, 2004.
Soundtrack
The film's original soundtrack is by James Shimoji, and additionally features songs by Takkyu Ishino and Yasuyuki Okamura, Rob Laufer, Jim Gilstrap, Jess Harnell, and Cake.