Party 7

In director Katsuhito Ishii's off-the-wall comic tale, a collection of screwballs, killers and crooks converge at a kitschy hotel where two-bit yakuza Miki Shunichirô (Masatoshi Nagase) is holed up with a heap of stolen cash. As two perverted voyeurs observe the action in his Miki's room, he entertains a number of uninvited visitors, including his shapely ex-girlfriend (Akemi Kobayashi) and a bushy-haired, combustible assassin.

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Packed full of Japanese humor, Party 7 is delightfully wacky. It's not nearly as nonsensical and utterly bizarre as Ishii's Funky Forest but, then again, what is? It falls more on the Shark Skin Man side of his films. Party 7 has the Katsuhito Ishii brand of subtle humor, interesting sets, strange characters and costume design, and a simply unusual story line. With the great Yoshio Harada as Captain Banana and Tadanobu Asano as a twerpy misfit malcontent, Party 7 tosses some of Japan's best contemporary actors into roles and circumstances you would never dream they'd agree to. From the opening credits, this movie is silly and fun but you have to be a fan of that typically Japanese offbeat humor to get this movie and find the funny. If you like this movie, I also recommend Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl also by Katsuhito Ishii.
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