Bullets 'n' Babes

So, Miike made a G-rated (yeah, the lowest possible rating) film based on a controversial splatter manga. I had a bad feeling about this from the beginning...

Trailer:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84MS4or_5u0

Site:
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/terraformars/

Yeah, this looks atrocious. I fell asleep 20 minutes into Yaluza Apocalypse. Somehow I still have some hope for his upcoming Blade of the Immortal adaptatipn (probably because of how much I love 13 Assassins) but if he screws that up too I may just have to finally give up on my erstwhile "favorite director in the whole world*".

*me, circa 2002

Looks ok from the trailer

There's a new "music trailer" for the film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ci08jt24-pY

The first English language review I am aware of:

http://twitchfilm.com/2016/04/okinawa-2 ... -hunt.html

DVD/BD release on September 2nd. There'll be standard editions and a premium edition, pictured below.



PS: The film will have its North American premiere at the Fantasia film festival on July 16th.

PPS: How did this do theatrically in Japan anyway?

Guro Taku wrote: PPS: How did this do theatrically in Japan anyway?

Not terribly well. Opened 7th on box office, then fell to 10th place on the following week and then disappeared from the Top 10 list.

A review out of Fantasia:

http://birthmoviesdeath.com/2016/07/17/ ... rraformars

HK DVD from IVL with English subs has been out since September 19th.

I found out recently that a YouTube J-Vlogger, Sharla in Japan, worked on the film as an English dialogue coach for Tomohisa Yamashita, who plays Jim Muto.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbKQPu9dP80