Synopsis
Minami mistakenly kills a gangster associate of his named Brother. Almost as soon as the murder takes place, the body of the deceased man is gone, prompting Minami to conduct a search. While looking, he finds a mysterious isolated hotel where he decides to take a rest. Not only are the front desk clerks a bit strange, but even the ambiance feels unusual. Minami soon realizes he may have gotten more than he bargained for.
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Cast
- Yūta SoneMinami
- Show AikawaOzaki
- Kimika YoshinoFemale Ozaki
- Shōhei HinoNose
- Keiko TomitaInnkeeper
- Harumi SoneInnkeeper's Brother
- Renji IshibashiBoss
- Kenichi Endo
- Kanpei Hazama
- Masaya Kato
Recommendations
- 100
Film Threat
Gozu is a riddle wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a cow's head. If you think that this last statement doesn't make any sense, just watch the movie. - 88
New York Post
The film is less violent and bloody than much of the director's work, but the absurdity level is sky high. Takashi Miike is at the top of his game, loving every minute of his surreal visit to the twilight zone. - 80
Village Voice
Splendidly entertaining. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Although most definitely an acquired taste, the David Lynchian Gozu delivers the goods in dripping, gooey gobs. - 70
Variety
Unclassifiable cult figure Takashi Miike's films invariably have their share of weirdness and perversity, but Gozu arguably outweirds all previous efforts in the prolific Japanese director's eclectic canon. - 60
Empire
If "Ichi The Killer" stressed the extreme natureof Takashi Miike's cinematic sensibility, Gozu hammers it home… with a blood-spattered mallet. - 60
The New York Times
Mr. Miike is best known in the United States for horror films like "Audition" and "Ichi the Killer." Gozu, for all its extremity, is a more relaxed, less disturbing picture. Its dreamy disconnection is reminiscent of David Lynch's "Mulholland Drive," but it is, if anything, even more hermetic and dissociated. - 50
New York Daily News
There are some genuinely funny moments amid the gore, but who knew this famously edgy director would find bathroom humor to be such a knee-slapper?
