Pistol Opera

A killer (Makiko Esumi) known as Stray Cat is the No. 3 assassin in Japan's professional killer guild. Contacted by the guild and ordered to kill No. 1, Stray Cat knows that if she succeeds, she'll become the guild's reigning assassin -- and so begins a dangerous mission that can end with only one victor. Told in director Seijun Suzuki's trademark style, Pistol Opera blends fractured narrative with lurid and heavily stylized action sequences.

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Like all Seijun Suzuki films, Pistol Opera is visually engaging to the point of being beautiful but, it is too complicated and convoluted for a film. This probably would have worked better as a play in a little independent theater where people who appreciate elaborate sets and costumes go to watch an art form rather than to be entertained. While Pistol Opera does have a story with some incredibly cool moments and even a few rather lyrical monologues, it just isn't enough to carry the film. The bulk of it leaves you wondering where it's going, if anywhere. I'll still give it 3 stars because of its dazzling imagery and Suzuki's uncanny ability to put together the most perfect shot possible but, unless you are in film school, I'd recommend watching pretty much any other Suzuki film instead.
- pterosaur