The Bastard and the Beautiful World (2018)

クソ野郎と美しき世界

The Bastard and the Beautiful World is an omnibus film consisting of four episodes. Fujiko is running as fast as she can, being chased after by a creepy masked man called Mad Dog. They meet a talented pianist on the way. A mysterious relationship develops between Utagui, a little girl who eats songs to live and an artist who can't sing anymore. A married couple sets off on a journey to find the right arm of their dead son. As they finally reach a beach in Okinawa, they find? Bastards come together on a night dancefloor for a show.

Date of release

2018-04-06

TMDB

4.2 / 10 (8)

Runtime

1h 51m

Genres

Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Romance, Music, Drama

Director

Sion Sono, Hikari Ota, Kenji Yamauchi, Yuichi Kodama

Casting

• Tadanobu Asano — Daimon (Mad Dog) (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Shinnosuke Mitsushima — Joe (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Megumi Kagurazaka — (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Ami Tomite — Mako (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Goro Inagaki — Goro (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Denden — (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Moeka Nozaki — (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Sputniko! — (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Fumika Baba — Fujiko (segment: Don't Shoot the Pianist!)
• Sena Nakajima
• Shingo Katori — Shingo-chan
• Machiko Ono — Yuko

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