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Nestled in the mid 90’s when Kurosawa was heavily involved in creating diptych crime stories such as “The Serpent’s Path” and “Eyes of the Spider” and especially his “Revenge” double feature, “Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself” was filmed and released for the home video market in Japan. The idea, six variations of life surrounding two low level yakuza gophers, expound on Kurosawa’s fascination with subverting the same idea and story in a wildly divergent manner.

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Yûji (Shô Aikawa) and Kôsaku (Kôyô Maeda) are two cheap gangster buddies are back in the ongoing six part yakuza parody saga by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. Through Yumiko (Yoriko Dôguchi), Yûji and Kôsaku are hired by a yakuza boss to tail his daughter. Once unveiled the identity of Kimura, the boy she’s dating, the boss offers a reward for his capture. But Yûji refuses the job although his buddy would need the money to leave Japan and settle to Australia. One day Yûji meets Kimura by chance and helps him escape the yakuza gang who’s hunting him down. He takes him home but upon second thought he decides to hand him over and take the reward…

1.13GB | 1h 20m | 708×398 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/068708A6058735C/Suit_Yourself_or_Shoot_Yourself_-_The_Escape.mkv
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https://nitro.download/view/6578C82DEF07CF1/Suit_Yourself_or_Shoot_Yourself_-_The_Escape.part1.rar
https://nitro.download/view/4BA521454570F4B/Suit_Yourself_or_Shoot_Yourself_-_The_Escape.part2.rar

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English (optional)

The post Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Katte ni shiyagare!! Dasshutsu keikaku AKA Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! 2 – The Escape (1995) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

Two men get involved with a brother and sister that want to drive a local gang out of their neighborhood.

1.34GB | 1h 23m | 720×432 | mkv

https://nitro.download/view/E73C73D9C3BE969/SUIT_YOURSELF_6.mkv

Language(s):Japanese
Subtitles:English

The post Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Katte ni shiyagare! Eiyû-keikaku AKA Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Hero (1996) first appeared on Cinema of the World.

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Although it contains few directorial flourishes (apparently Kurosawa was saving those for the last movie), The Nouveau Riche has the best story of the series, a twisty plot that manages to be both surprising and hilarious. Much more than a flimsy vehicle for the two leads, the story is a cleverly constructed farce with enough substance to stand on its own. The fact that it features the Yuji and Kosaku characters makes it even better.

The previous movies share a similar structure: though the first two-thirds is pure comedy, the tone grows increasingly more serious during the final act, usually after someone is kidnapped by the yakuza. Kurosawa reverses this structure completely in The Nouveau Riche, beginning with the most violent sequence of the whole series, and ending (unfortunately) with slapstick.
—Jerry White, The Films of Kiyoshi Kurosawa: Master of Fear

The fifth installment in Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself!! series.

Suit.Yourself.or.Shoot.Yourself.5.The.Nouveau.Riche.1996.DVDRip.x264-PTP.mkv

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Container:	Matroska
Runtime:	1h 20mn
Size:	1.18 GiB
DXVA:	Compatible
Minimum settings:	Met
Video
Codec:	x264
Resolution:	704x382 ~> 704x440
Aspect ratio:	16:10
Frame rate:	23.976 fps
Bit rate:	1 862 kb/s
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Japanese 2.0ch AC-3 @ 224 kb/s

https://nitro.download/view/86B2C2B4163347D/Suit.Yourself.or.Shoot.Yourself.5.The.Nouveau.Riche.1996.DVDRip.x264-PTP.mkv

Language(s):Japan
Subtitles:English

The post Kiyoshi Kurosawa – Katte ni shiyagare!! Narikin keikaku AKA Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Nouveau Riche (1996) first appeared on Cinema of the World.