Fresh
I couldn't give a fully coherent synopsis of Pistol Opera if my life depended on it, but it's still the most fun new movie I've seen since Mulholland Drive and Waking Life (both also 2001).
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Overview
An assassin fends off numerous attacks from her comrades, who are trying to move up in rank by killing off the competition.
Director and cast
- Seijun Suzuki Director
- Makiko Esumi as Miyuki Minazuki
- Sayoko Yamaguchi as Sayoko Uekyo
- Hanae Kan as Sayoko Uekyo
- Masatoshi Nagase as Man dressed in black
- Mikijiro Hira as Goro Hanada
- Kirin Kiki as Rin
- Kenji Sawada as Man at Tokyo Station
- Haruko Katō as Shizuka Orikuchi
- Yoji Tanaka as Koroshi-ya No. 7
- Yoshiyuki Morishita Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
78%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Eighty-year-old Japanese director Suzuki Seijun has always been a gifted master stylist, and Pistol Opera shows that his unique vision has not dulled with age.
Richard James Havis, Hollywood Reporter
Fresh
Nothing in Pistol Opera ever seems remotely possible, but it's still gorgeous art -- like a dream David Lynch had after watching too many John Woo movies.
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
Fresh
Insanely likable but suffers from anemia.
Elvis Mitchell, New York Times
Fresh
There's style and panache to spare.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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