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Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

½ — Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

Takashi Miike arrived at this project already established as one of Japanese cinema's most prolific and unpredictable directors, having produced somewhere in the region of seventy films in fifteen years, ranging from the yakuza chaos of Dead or Alive (1999) to the unforgettable horror of Audition (1999). Sukiyaki Western Django is his explicit tribute to Sergio Leone's Spaghetti Western tradition, itself a Japanese reimagining of Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo (1961), meaning the film sits at a curious three-way intersection of cultural borrowing. Shot largely in English despite a predominantly Japanese cast, with Quentin Tarantino appearing in a supporting role, the film had a modest production budget and performed below expectations theatrically, finding its audience more gradually on home video.

The worst intro in movie history Tarantino in the beginning feels absolutely ridiculous and inane. It destroys any credibility this film has by terrible acting, changing accents and awful set design. Then it goes into the movie itself and it's beautiful looking, don't get me wrong, but it's executed so weirdly. Sad to say this but it's up there for one of the worst films I've ever seen

Rating: ½ | Year: 2007 | Watched: 2025-05-03

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