Synopsis
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki. Fortunately, she met Samehada as she runs for her life, which is also escaping from some slayers. What follows is a wild chase that leads the audience into a comically violent world.
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Cast
- Tadanobu AsanoKuroo Samehada
- Sie KohinataToshiko Momojiri
- Ittoku KishibeTanuki
- Susumu TerajimaSawada
- Kimie ShingyojiMitsuko Fukuda
- Shingo TsurumiMitsuru Fukuda
- Shingoro YamadaTaniguchi
- Yôhachi ShimadaMichio Sonezaki
- Tatsuya GashûinYamada
- Koh TakasugiSorimachi
Recommendations
- 70
TV Guide Magazine
Exceptionally satisfying and enormously entertaining. - 50
Village Voice
Falls into the clotheshorse cliché: all dressed up and no place to go. - 50
Christian Science Monitor
The movie is visually impressive, but Ishii's virtuoso style can't overcome the flatness of the comic-book story he's telling. - 50
New York Post
The non-linear plot makes for confusion and, except for the inspired final shootout, the action sequences are mediocre. - 50
New York Daily News
Its crazy non sequiturs and anything-goes performances do lend it a certain cult appeal. - 30
The New York Times
The emotional impact of Shark Skin Man is negligible.
