Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! The Escape

1995 1h 20m JA

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7.5

BANGER

★7.5TMDB · 4

CrimeComedy

Synopsis

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Hapless gangsters are hired by the yakuza to tail his daughter. Once the identity of the boy she's dating has been unveiled, the boss offers a reward for his capture.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Show Aikawa
Yûji Fujita
Koyo Maeda
Kôsaku Yoshiyuki
Satoru Kajiwara
Hiroshi Kimura
Yumiko Abe
Asuka Kanzaki
Akira Kiuchi
Yôko Kanzaki
Ren Osugi
Sakae Suzuki
Yoriko Doguchi
Yumiko Haneda
Iwao Dan
Shigeru Kanzaki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writers: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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80 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 8

ERA

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

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Torsten Rasch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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7 / 8

CAST

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Show Aikawa and Koyo Maeda and Satoru Kajiwara carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0330516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kiyoshi Kurosawa directs. Tokushō Kikumura behind the camera. Torsten Rasch scores. Hani Mituhashi cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

180 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
231 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Torsten Rasch. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Hani Mituhashi shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Show Aikawa and Koyo Maeda and Satoru Kajiwara carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0330516 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Only 4 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.