Product Details

• Actors: Vinnie Jones
• Directors: Tada Taku (Taku Tada) || Sekiguchi Gen
• Format: NTSC, Import
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 2 (Read more about DVD formats.)
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Tohokushinsha Film
• Run Time: 120 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000NW9TZ2
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #137,508 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Survive Style 5+ is the kind of film that is rarely made because it is so out of the box that producers and financiers have no interest in taking a chance on it. It's difficult, in fact, to even categorize this film into a genre. It contains dark comedy, but also elements found in action, horror, science fiction, and drama. In this bizarre film, five seemingly independent stories somehow come together: A man kills and buries his wife only to find her quite alive when he arrives home--over and over again; A salaryman, with a wife and two kids, sees a famous hypnotist only to be permanently turned into a man who thinks he's a chicken; An advertising executive loses it and comes up with some of the most vulgar commercials ever seen; A gang of young criminals find out they have homosexual tendencies; An English assassin (played wonderfully by British soccer player Vinnie Jones) looks for new clients.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars utter genius, August 7, 2007

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L. Connor "paraselenic" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Survive Style 5+ (DVD)

Fast-paced, with visuals that will BLOW your mind, multiple storylines- humorous, engaging, and VERY VERY WEIRD. This is one of my favorite movies, ever, and each time I watch it I only find more beauty and gain more visual appreciation for the incredible camera work.

This is NOT a film for everyone. Violence, sex, weird humor, and a plot line that loops around on itslef, eating it's own tail... regardless, you are guaranteed to have a truly unique experience with this film. It will leave you speechless and hungering for others to discuss it with.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Most Amazing Film Ever Made, January 24, 2009

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Grahame Turner "Musical Escapist" (Boston, MA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Survive Style 5+ (DVD)

Well, perhaps I exaggerate. However, the film is unique, and well worth a watch--or two or three. It is definitely an acquired taste, probably the kind of film someone would only enjoy if they also enjoy the complex interconnectedness of Guy Ritchie's films, the Vibrant colors of Speed Racer or Fuller's "Pushing Daisies", the dark humor of the Coen brothers, and moments of absolute absurdity a la Monty Python, mixed into a single, semi-cohesive, Japanese film. Even with that description, I feel I am merely dropping names and hardly doing the film justice.

It is quirky, odd, humorous, well-acted, and probably could only ever be made in Japan. If you're the kind of person who can appreciate all of those factors, then you would be doing yourself a favor to at least check this out; if not, you will likely stare blankly at the screen for two hours unless you give up before the end.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Art Direction/Design, April 26, 2008

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John P. Marsh (North Las Vegas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Survive Style 5+ (DVD)

The art direction on this flic is great. Spectacular use of color. Beyond that, the various interwoven plots are eccentric and funny and scary and surprisingly fresh. Viva Friends. Asano's Feast. The Man Who Turns into a Bird. All good. It's all good. With all this, there is a sort of grace that accumulates when watching this strange film. Satisfaction guaranteed. This would make a great double bill with Miike's "Happiness of the Katakuri's" I must buy if you are interested in how the pop-vid style has influenced modern movies.