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IZO is a 2004 Japanese surrealist period horror film directed by Takashi Miike. The main character of the film is Izo Okada (1832–1865), the historical samurai and assassin in 19th-century Japan who was tortured and executed by beheading in Tosa.
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6.1Izo is an assassin in the service of a Tosa lord and Imperial supporter. After killing dozens of the Shogun's men, Izo is captured and crucified. Instead of being extinguished, his rage propels him through the space-time continuum to present-day Tokyo. Here Izo transforms himself into a new, improved killing machine.
Cast
- Kazuya Nakayama as Okada Izo
- Kaori Momoi as Saya
- Ryuhei Matsuda as His Highness
- Hiroki Matsukata as Yakuza Boss
- Ryôsuke Miki as Hanpeita
- Masumi Okada as Chief of the Palace
Themes
- assassin
- samurai
- sword
- beheading
- symbolism
- time travel
- time
- murder
- space
- lord
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Key facts
- Film.name
- Izo
- Film.image
- Izoposter.jpg
- Film.director
- Takashi Miike
- Film.writer
- Shigenori Takechi
- Film.starring
- Kazuya NakayamaTakeshi KitanoBob Sapp
- Film.producer
- Taizô FukumakiFujio Matsushima
- Film.runtime
- 128 minutes
- Film.language
- JapaneseEnglish
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 185416
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- publication date
- 2004-01-01
- title
- IZO
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IZO is a 2004 Japanese surrealist period horror film directed by Takashi Miike. The main character of the film is Izo Okada (1832–1865), the historical samurai and assassin in 19th-century Japan who was tortured and executed by beheading in Tosa.
Izo appeared previously in Hideo Gosha's Hitokiri (1969), then played by Shintaro Katsu. However, Miike's portrayal of the character (or rather his spirit) transcends reality (and time and space) and is more of a surrealist exposé of Izo's exceedingly bloody yet philosophical encounters in an afterlife heavy on symbolism, occasionally interrupted by stock footage of World War II accompanied by acid-folk singer Kazuki Tomokawa on guitar. Kazuya Nakayama plays Izo and the many characters he encounters on his journey include figures played by Takeshi Kitano and Bob Sapp.