Pistol Opera
2001 film by Seijun Suzuki
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::summary 2001 film by Seijun Suzuki ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox film"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Pistol Opera |
| image | Pistol Opera poster.jpg |
| director | Seijun Suzuki |
| producer | Ikki Katashima |
| Satoru Ogura | |
| writer | Kazunori Itō |
| Takeo Kimura | |
| starring | Makiko Esumi |
| Sayoko Yamaguchi | |
| Kirin Kiki | |
| Mikijiro Hira | |
| Masatoshi Nagase | |
| music | Kazufumi Kodama |
| cinematography | Yonezo Maeda |
| editing | Akira Suzuki |
| studio | Branded to Kill: Pistol Opera Production Committee |
| distributor | Shochiku |
| released | |
| runtime | 112 minutes |
| country | Japan |
| language | Japanese |
| :: |
| name = Pistol Opera | image = Pistol Opera poster.jpg
| caption = | director = Seijun Suzuki | producer = Ikki Katashima Satoru Ogura | writer = Kazunori Itō Takeo Kimura | starring = Makiko Esumi Sayoko Yamaguchi Kirin Kiki Mikijiro Hira Masatoshi Nagase | music = Kazufumi Kodama | cinematography = Yonezo Maeda | editing = Akira Suzuki | studio = Branded to Kill: Pistol Opera Production Committee | distributor = Shochiku | released = | runtime = 112 minutes | country = Japan | language = Japanese}}
Pistol Opera is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Makiko Esumi.
Cast
- Makiko Esumi as Miyuki Minazuki, a.k.a. Stray Cat, a.k.a. Killer No. 3
- Sayoko Yamaguchi as Sayoko Uekyo
- Kirin Kiki as Minazuki's grandmother
- Mikijiro Hira as Goro Hanada, a.k.a. The Champ, a.k.a. the former Killer No. 1
- Hanae Kan as Sayoko, the young girl
- Kenji Sawada as Assassin NO.2
- Jan Woudstra as Painless Surgeon, a.k.a. No. 5
- Masatoshi Nagase as the Man in Black, a.k.a. Dark Horse
- Haruko Kato as Shizuka Orikuchi
Production
Hanada is not played by Joe Shishido this time, but by Mikijiro Hira; Suzuki has said that the original intent was for Shishido to play the character again, but that the film's producer, Satoru Ogura, wanted Hira to play the character instead. The reasons for this are still unclear.{{cite web | url = http://www.midnighteye.com/reviews/pistoper.shtml | title = Review: Pistol Opera | access-date = 2007-03-18 | last = Mes | first = Tom |date=October 2001 | publisher = Midnight Eye
Reception
References
References
- "ピストルオペラとは". kotobank.
- "ピストルオペラ". [[Kinema Junpo]].
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