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The Happiness of the Katakuris
Why this pick
A wildly tonal Japanese cult musical that jumps between family melodrama, absurd comedy, and outrageous genre set pieces with the same anything-goes exuberance.
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MOVIE1999 1h 38m JPN
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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Versus
Why this pick
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Dead or Alive
Why this pick
Miike delivers the same late-1990s Japanese cult volatility: anarchic violence, lurid humor, and a proudly excessive sense of cinematic play.
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Tokyo Gore Police
Why this pick
For Wild Zero’s taste for impossible creatures and practical gore, this neon-soaked splatterpunk fever dream escalates body horror into cartoonishly extravagant spectacle.
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Poultrygeist: Night of the Chicken Dead
Why this pick
A foul, enthusiastic horror-musical packed with gore, bad taste, and sincere punk-show chaos—ideal if Wild Zero’s rock-and-roll absurdity was the draw.
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Toshi