![]() ![]() Ishii is, at his heart, an animator, famous for writing Redline (2009), directing Trava: Fist Planet (2003), and leading the animated sequence in Kill Bill: Volume 1 (2003). The film is full of strong characterization, humanizing and shaping each member of this giant ensemble. While racing down the road, she accidentally saves Kuroo, played by the legendary Tadanobu Asano ( Labyrinth of Cinema, Thor, Silence, Ichi the Killer), a yakuza member who stole his boss’s money and is being pursued by his old friends. Oozing style and a rad ‘tude, it’s a grimy, loud yakuza crime drama starring Shie Kohinata ( Cutie Honey, Trava: Fist Planet) as Toshiko, a young adult woman on the run from her sexually abusive uncle. And so, Ishii once again accidentally found himself the director of an acclaimed film, this time the box office smash hit Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl (1998). Little did he know, his employer, which also had a direct-to-video “V-Cinema” division, was in negotiations with that manga’s creator to purchase the adaption rights. Needing to come up with something to tell a reporter he was working on next, Ishii stated he wanted to adapt a manga he was reading, never intending to follow through. It brought him acclaim after winning the Japanese Film Grand Prix in the Fantastic Video Section of the 1995 Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival. Starting his career as a commercial director in Japan’s booming advertising industry, Ishii’s 1995 short film, A Promise of August, was shot as a summer vacation project with co-workers and friends. Gathering his earliest and later works in one collection creates a journey from flashy maximalism to underplayed naturalism with some films never before distributed on physical media anywhere, let alone in the U.S. Katsuhito Ishii, Japan’s Robert Rodriquez, rebel V-Cinema wave filmmaker, and Quentin Tarantino collaborator, is getting a new limited-edition box set from Third Window Films, available through vendors such as Arrow and Terracotta. *Disclaimer: Elements of Madness received check-discs of this product, and as such this review will not cover any box art, packaging, or included literary materials that are included with the product.* ![]() ![]() Third Window Films invites you to take a peep at Katsuhito Ishii. Home › Recommendation › Films To Watch › Third Window Films invites you to take a peep at Katsuhito Ishii. ![]()
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