Izo (2004)
September 7, 2004Release Date
Izo (2004)
September 7, 2004Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
This Movie Is About.
Cast & Crew.
Kazuya Nakayama
Okada Izo
Kaori Momoi
Saya
Hiroki Matsukata
Yakuza Boss
Ryuhei Matsuda
His Highness
Ryôsuke Miki
Hanpeita
Masumi Okada
Chief of the Palace
Takashi Miike
Director
Hiroshi Katsuno
Samurai
Shigenori Takechi
Writer
Koji Endo
Composer
Masato
Ronin
Bob Sapp
Monk
Nobuyuki Fukazawa
Cinematographer
Takeshi Kitano
Chancellor
Yasushi Shimamura
Editor
Daijirô Harada
Judge
Yuya Uchida
Second Man
Takeshi Caesar
Samurai
Renji Ishibashi
Samurai
Tsurutaro Kataoka
Warlord
Kirin Kiki
Izo's Mother
Hiroyuki Nagato
Great Priest
Mari Nakayama
Woman in Attendance
Ken Ogata
Swordsman
Shun Sugata
Monk Soldier
Haruna Takase
Lucky Mother
Kazuki Tomokawa
Folk Singer
Rikiya Yasuoka
Lender
Fujio Matsushima
Producer
Taizô Fukumaki
Producer
Kazuyoshi Okuyama
Supervising Producer
Takashi Sugimoto
Gaffer
Federico Benvenuti
Stunt Double
Hitoshi Yamaguchi
Taisaku Akino
Chisato Amate
Mitsuhiro Oikawa
Susumu Terajima
Teah
Shigeo Kobayashi
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 7, 2004
Original NameIZO
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 8m
Genres
Wiki.
IZO is a 2004 Japanese 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.