XX: Beautiful Weapon

1993 1h 33m JA

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8.9

MASTERPIECE

★8.9TMDB · 8

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Synopsis

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A blind female assassin lives alone in a remote house; her superiors occasionally send her "clients" / targets that she shoots right after having sex with them in her completely darkened bedroom.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Masumi Miyazaki
Woman
Masao Kusakari
Kenji Sakagami
Kunio Murai
Masahiko Yoshizawa
Takeshi Katō
Yasuhiro Kokubu
Ren Osugi
Big Tree
Norihito Arai
Natsumi Hirose
Seiroku Nakazawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kazuo Komizu
Writers: Kazuo Komizu, Arimasa Osawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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33 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CRAFT

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Part of the "XX" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kazuo Komizu, shot by Akihiro Itō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Kan Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Masumi Miyazaki and Masao Kusakari and Kunio Murai carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0229056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kazuo Komizu directs. Akihiro Itō behind the camera. Kan Suzuki cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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133 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "XX" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Kazuo Komizu, shot by Akihiro Itō. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Kan Suzuki shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Masumi Miyazaki and Masao Kusakari and Kunio Murai carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0229056 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 8 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.