Survive Style 5+

Ad-planner Tada Taku, whose innovative ideas have swept virtually every advertising award available, and ad-director Sekiguchi Gen, who has a silver prize from the Cannes International Advertising Festival, are the men behind the visually exciting Survive Style 5+. The film unfolds in a visual chain reaction of cinematic elements, including MTV-style montage, rapid-fire machine-gun dialogue, and a bold palette of colors that resemble an oil painting - an effect unheard of in Japanese Cinema (at least until now). The all-star cast, including Asano Tadanobu, Hashimoto Reika, Koizumi Kyoko, Abe Hiroshi, Kishibe Ittoku, Aso Yumi, Sonny Chiba, and Vinnie Jones from the hit Guy Ritchie film Snatch do a superb job breathing life into their weird and otherworldly characters. Full of hitmen and hypnotists, murdered spouses who spring back to life, and a trio of oddball thieves, Survive Style 5+ is a seemingly disjointed comedy-drama-mystery that uses brilliant twists and oddball turns to reach an undreamed-of climax!