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  • 2004
  • R
  • Pathfinder Pictures
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Pathfinder Pictures
  • 2 h 10 m

Summary 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)

Directed By: Takashi Miike

Written By: Sakichi Sato

  • 2004
  • R
  • Pathfinder Pictures
  • 2 h 10 m
  • 2004
  • R
  • Pathfinder Pictures
  • 2 h 10 m

Gozu

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
58
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 16 User Ratings
6.4
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Summary 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)

Directed By: Takashi Miike

Written By: Sakichi Sato

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
58
47% Positive
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47% Mixed
9 Reviews
5% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 19 Critic Reviews
58
47% Positive
9 Reviews
47% Mixed
9 Reviews
5% Negative
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100
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.
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75
The latest and most creatively unhinged film from director Takashi Miike.
By Ty Burr FULL REVIEW
70
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.
By David Rooney FULL REVIEW
60
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.
By Dana Stevens FULL REVIEW
50
Miike's fans, those used to his strange ways, will certainly find Gozu an amusing addition to the oeuvre. All others will be bewildered beyond expression.
By Stephen Hunter FULL REVIEW
50
Not until the last 20 minutes does Gozu come fully alive. A man has sex with a seductive beauty, who then gives birth to...well, let's just say it's a sight that may take time to fight its way out of your head.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
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Stay far, far away.
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6.4
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Production Company Rakueisha, The Klockworx
Release Date Jul 30, 2004
Duration 2 h 10 m
Rating R
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Website http://www.toei-video.co.jp/data/gozu/index.html
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Awards

Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Brussels International Festival of Fantasy Film (BIFFF)
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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