Pistol Opera
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| Directed by | Seijun Suzuki |
| Written by | Kazunori Itō Takeo Kimura |
| Produced by | Ikki Katashima Satoru Ogura |
| Starring | Makiko Esumi Sayoko Yamaguchi Kirin Kiki Mikijiro Hira Masatoshi Nagase |
| Cinematography | Yonezo Maeda |
| Edited by | Akira Suzuki |
| Music by | Kazufumi Kodama |
Production company | Branded to Kill: Pistol Opera Production Committee |
| Distributed by | Shochiku |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Pistol Opera (ピストルオペラ, Pisutoru Opera) is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Makiko Esumi.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- Makiko Esumi as Miyuki Minazuki, a.k.a. Stray Cat, a.k.a. Killer No. 3
- Sayoko Yamaguchi as Sayoko Uekyo
- Kirin Kiki as Minazuki's grandmother
- Mikijiro Hira as Goro Hanada, a.k.a. The Champ, a.k.a. the former Killer No. 1
- Hanae Kan as Sayoko, the young girl
- Kenji Sawada as Assassin NO.2
- Jan Woudstra as Painless Surgeon, a.k.a. No. 5
- Masatoshi Nagase as the Man in Black, a.k.a. Dark Horse
- Haruko Kato as Shizuka Orikuchi
Production
[edit]Hanada is not played by Joe Shishido this time, but by Mikijiro Hira; Suzuki has said that the original intent was for Shishido to play the character again, but that the film's producer, Satoru Ogura, wanted Hira to play the character instead. The reasons for this are still unclear.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "ピストルオペラとは". kotobank (in Japanese). Retrieved 2021-01-07.
- ^ "ピストルオペラ". Kinema Junpo. Retrieved 27 December 2020.
- ^ Mes, Tom (October 2001). "Review: Pistol Opera". Midnight Eye. Retrieved 2007-03-18.
External links
[edit]- Pistol Opera at IMDb
- Pistol Opera at Rotten Tomatoes
- Pistol Opera (in Japanese) at the Japanese Movie Database