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Director:
Katsuhito Ishii
Writers:
Katsuhito Ishii (writer)
Minetaro Mochizuki (comics)
Contact:
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Release Date:
6 February 1999 (Japan) more
Genre:
Mystery | Action | Thriller | Comedy more
Plot:
In dreamlike mountain scenery, Toshiko makes a daring escape from her sexually warped Uncle Sonezaki... more | add synopsis
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User Comments:
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Cast

  (in credits order)
Tadanobu Asano ... Kuroo Samehada
Ittoku Kishibe ... Tanuki
Sie Kohinata ... Toshiko Momojiri
Kimie Shingyoji ... Mitsuko Fukuda
Susumu Terajima ... Sawada
Shingo Tsurumi ... Mitsuru Fukuda
Daigaku Sekine ... Sakaguchi
Koh Takasugi ... Sorimachi
Shingoro Yamada ... Taniguchi
Hitoshi Kiyokawa ... Maruo
Yôji Tanaka ... Asahina (as Boba)
Keisuke Horibe ... Inuzuka
Yoshiyuki Morishita ... Hidari
Kanji Tsuda ... Fukazume
Youhachi Shimada ... Michio Sonezaki
Tatsuya Gashuin ... Yamada
Hisaji Yamano ... Shiota
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Satoko Abe ... Post Office Worker
Yuka Kinoshita ... Prostitute
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Directed by
Katsuhito Ishii 
 
Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Katsuhito Ishii  writer
Minetaro Mochizuki  comics

Produced by
Hilo Iizumi .... executive producer
Kazuto Takida .... producer
 
Cinematography by
Hiroshi Machida 
 
Film Editing by
Yumiko Doi 
 
Production Design by
Tomoyuki Maruo 
 
Sound Department
Kihochi Mori .... sound
 
Visual Effects by
Taichi Itô .... visual effects supervisor
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Taro Kimura .... gaffer
 
Other crew
Etsuko Minagawa .... script supervisor
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence, sexuality and brief language.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
Canada:108 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Germany:18 | Hong Kong:IIB | Singapore:R(A) | USA:R
Company:
Tohokashinsha Film Company Ltd. more

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Referenced in Shooting Shona (2004) more

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Clever, funny and well made movie, 17 March 2002
9/10
Author: Simon Booth from UK

A man called Samehada ("Shark Skin") steals some money from his Yakuza boss, and goes on the run. He crosses paths with a girl called Momojiri ("Peach Hip", or "Peach Ass" if you prefer) who is fleeing from a hotel manager who doesn't treat her well. They decide to throw their fortunes in together and try to escape the Yakuza and an assassin.

The credit sequence introduces you to the cast of the characters you are about to meet, and it was very worrying... so many characters, I thought "it's going to get real confusing", but this is not the case at all. Even though there are a lot of characters, each one is well developed and unique - no problem following who they are and what their relationships are. It's one hell of a set of characters too... "colourful" hardly seems sufficiently descriptive, but they are all brilliantly conceived and portrayed. The main focus of the movie is the interplay between all these characters, with lots of sharp and witty dialogue throughout, and a generally black humour in the situations they get into and the way they get out of them.

The movie is fast moving... very well paced in fact, and beautifully filmed & edited too. There's a little bit of violence, but nothing that's going the slightest concern to anybody who's seen some Kitano or Miike. Almost wholesome in fact

It's difficult to say what makes the movie so good - it's not really any one thing - it's basically just an all-round clever, funny and exceptionally well made movie. Recommended!

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