Survive Style 5+

Survive Style 5+ is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Gen Sekiguchi and produced by Hiroyuki Taniguchi.^[1] It stars Tadanobu Asano, Kyōko Koizumi, Reika Hashimoto, Jai West, Sonny Chiba and Vinnie Jones.

Survive Style 5+
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Gen Sekiguchi
Written by	Taku Tada[1]
Produced by	Hiroyuki Taniguchi
Starring	Tadanobu Asano Shihori Kanjiya Kyōko Koizumi Jai West Sonny Chiba Vinnie Jones
Edited by	Gen Sekiguchi[1]
Music by	James Shimoji[1]
Production company	Tohokushinsha Film[1]
Running time	120 minutes[1]
Country	Japan[1]
Languages	Japanese English[1]

Synopsis

The film follows five simultaneous, loosely linked plot lines, that intertwine and scramble together. A man (Tadanobu Asano) keeps killing his wife (Reika Hashimoto) and burying her in the woods only to find her alive, furious, and waiting for him when he returns home. A suburban family's life is disrupted when the father (Ittoku Kishibe) is permanently hypnotized into believing he is a bird and tries to learn how to fly. A trio of aimless youth pass time by burgling houses. A murderous advertising executive (Kyōko Koizumi) tries to imagine ideas for commercials. The stories clash together through the intervention of a thuggish hitman (Vinnie Jones) and his translator (Yoshiyoshi Arakawa).

Cast

• Tadanobu Asano as Masahiro Ishigaki
• Reika Hashimoto as Mimi, Ishigaki's wife
• Pierre Taki as a motorcycle policeman
• Kyōko Koizumi as Yoko, the commercial businesswoman
• Asumi Miwa as a waitress
• Hiroshi Abe as Aoyama, the hypnotist
• Ittoku Kishibe as Tatsuya Kobayashi, the husband
• Yumi Asō as Misa Kobayashi, the wife
• Shihori Kanjiya as Kaho Kobayashi, the daughter
• Ryūnosuke Kamiki as Keiichi Kobayashi, the son
• Kanji Tsuda as a Tsuda, a burglar
• Yoshiyuki Morishita as Morishita, a burglar
• Jai West as J, a burglar
• Vinnie Jones as Jimmy Funky Knife, an assassin
• Yoshiyoshi Arakawa as Katagiri, the assassin's interpreter
• Tae Kimura as a flight attendant
• Sonny Chiba as Kazama, a pharmaceutical company president
• Tomokazu Miura as Yamauchi, a doctor

Release

Survive Style 5+ was shown at the Locarno Film Festival on August 6, 2004.^[1]

Soundtrack

The film's original soundtrack is by James Shimoji, and additionally features songs by Takkyu Ishino and Yasuyuki Okamura, Rob Laufer, Jim Gilstrap, Jess Harnell, and Cake.