Sukiyaki Western Django

Sukiyaki Western Django (2007)

A nameless gunfighter arrives in a town ripped apart by rival gangs and, though courted by both to join, chooses his own path.

Date of release
2007-09-15
TMDB
6.2 / 10 (375)
Runtime
2h 1m
Genres
Adventure, Action, Comedy, Western, Thriller
Director
Takashi Miike

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $2.7M
  • Budget: $3.8M
  • Earned 0.7× its budget
  • Filmed in: Japan
  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 0. Including: Sitges Film Festival Best cinematography

Sukiyaki Western Django is a 2007 English-language Japanese Western film directed and co-written by Takashi Miike. The film features an ensemble cast, including Hideaki Itō, Kōichi Satō, Yūsuke Iseya, Masanobu Andō, Masato Sakai, Yoji Tanaka, Renji Ishibashi, Sansei Shiomi, Takaaki Ishibashi, Shun Oguri, Quentin Tarantino, Yutaka Matsushige, Yoshino Kimura, Teruyuki Kagawa and Kaori Momoi.

Production

Inspired by the historical rivalry between the Genji and Heike clans, which ushered in the era of samurai dominance in Japanese history, Sukiyaki Western Django is set "a few hundred years after the Genpei War". The Genji and Heike gangs face off in a town named "Yuta" in "Nevata", when a nameless gunman comes into town to help a prostitute get revenge on the warring gangs.

The film was produced by Sedic International, Geneon Universal Entertainment, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Dentsu, TV Asahi, Shogakukan, A-Team, Nagoya Broadcasting Network and Tokyu Recreation.

The opening scene of the film in both the original version of the film and the re-edited version of the film includes a short segment featuring Quentin Tarantino, listed in the actor credits for the film, as a solo gunman gunning down several outlaws.

The film's soundtrack composed by Kōji Endō was released on CD on September 5, 2007. It features "Django Wandering" (ジャンゴ〜さすらい〜, Jango ~Sasurai~), a Japanese remake of the original Django theme song by veteran enka singer Saburō Kitajima.

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