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.
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.
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