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Yuuji Aoki (novel)
Masakuni Takahashi (screenplay)
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11 February 2005 (Hungary) more
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Once again, Miike caught me off-guard more (2 total)
Cast
(Credited cast) | Shô Aikawa | ... | Village headman |
| Shirô Sano | ... | Kuwata |
| Yu Tokui | ... | Seisuke Umemoto (as Yuu Tokui) |
| Midoriko Kimura | ... | Fusae |
| Kogan Ashiya | ... | Uehara |
| Akaji Maro | ... | Ookura Nagashima |
| Takashi Ebata | ... | Matsui |
| Yojin Hino | ... | Takeda (as Yôjin Hino) |
| Toshiki Ayata | ... | Etô |
| Houka Kinoshita | ... | Umekawa (as Hôka Kinoshita) |
| Shigeru Muroi | ... | Mari |
| Yuuji Aoki | ... | Attorney |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Tsutomu Itô | ||
| Miyako Kawahara | ||
| Masumi Kiyota | ||
| Kazuhiro Kuwata | ||
| Shou Ohkura | ... | Worker |
| Shintarô Takado | ||
| Yuuji Tatsumi | ||
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Shangri-La (International: English title)
Tôgenkyô (Japan) (short title)
Tôgenkyô no hito-bito (Japan) (working title)
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105 min
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If you thought Miike was nothing but a deviant obsessed with sex and violence (Dead or Alive, Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q, Audition, etc.), you'll be very surprised by Shangri-La.
A printer is forced to shut down his business after his main client goes bankrupt. That rich client has a lot of property and assets hidden away and doesn't plan to use those assets to pay for his debts. Ridden with shame from leaving his employees without a job, the printer tries to commit suicide but ends up instead in Shangri-La. Inhabited by social misfits, Shangri-La is basically a small group of makeshift houses by a river in an industrial wasteland. The "Mayor" and the "Deputy" of Shangri-La set on to help the printer get revenge on the rich businessman, and make a little fortune while they're at it.
Who would have thought Miike would deliver a solid, tightly-paced, feel-good movie ? Hilarious at times and based on a fantastic script, this movie proves that Miike can and will do anything that inspires him. He has balls of steel and doesn't care what you expect of him.
8/10