Kamikaze Taxi
| Kamikaze Taxi | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | |
| Edited by | Hirohide Abe |
| Music by | Masahiro Kawasaki |
Release date |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
Kamikaze Taxi (stylized as KAMIKAZE TAXI in Japan) is a 1995 Japanese action and crime film by director
Kinema Junpo Award
for best supporting actor in 1996 for his work in the film.
Production
The soundtrack for Kamikaze Taxi was composed by
Peruvian music to come up with a similar sound.[1]
Release
Kamikaze Taxi was released in Japan on April 25, 1995.[2] The film was shown at the 1995
London Film Festival.[3]
Reception
Kinema Junpo Award for best supporting actor in 1996 for his work in the film.[2] Time magazine stated that "the narrative is overly long (160 minutes) and lacks cohesion. But the film has an epic lunacy, a satiric darkness. Its neon-lit nightscapes and vivid brutality dance, shock--and leave the viewer both riveted and repulsed."[4] Variety also commented on the films length, noting "Though the film could easily lose a quarter of an hour from a self-indulgent sequence in a group-therapy clinic, there's actually very little slackness during the 170-minute running time."[5]
Cast
- Kōji Yakushoas Kantake
- Kazuya Takahashi as Tatsuo
- Reiko Kataoka as Tama
- Kenichi Yajima as Ishida
- Takeshi Caesar
- Mickey Curtis as Animaru
- Taketoshi Naito as Domon
Notes
- ^ Gatto, Robin. "Masato Harada". Midnight Eye. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ a b "ＫＡＭＩＫＡＺＥ ＴＡＸＩ(邦画)". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved March 12, 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Kamikaze Taxi (1995)". Time Out. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ Short, Stephen (November 16, 1998). "The Cab Ride From Hell". Time. Archived from the original on December 21, 2011. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
- ^ Elley, Derek (December 18, 1995). "Kamikaze Taxi". Variety. Retrieved March 12, 2012.
External links
- Kamikaze Taxi at IMDb
