Why Don't You Play in Hell?

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Things get insanely bloody when an aspiring film troupe known as The F**k Bombers collide with a yakuza boss who wants to make a movie with his daughter, in the prolific Sion Sono’s (Love Exposure; Suicide Club) latest.Sion Sono's twenty-seventh feature is an ode to 35mm film.Ten years ago, the Kitagawa yakuza clan attacked the Muto yakuza clan at Muto’s own home, only to have Muto’s wife fight back. This unexpectedly left the Kitagawa clan in shambles, with their top hitman Ikegmai wounded and Muto’s wife in prison. Despite the carnage, the most unfortunate fallout from this attack is when Muto’s beloved daughter, Mitsuko, has her adorable toothpaste commercial taken off the air. Now, Ikegami seeks revenge, while Muto only has one desire: to have his wife return from prison to see Mitsuko star in her first movie. Enter The F**k Bombers, an eager but untalented group of wannabe filmmakers whose dreams of making movies have come crashing down after ten years. Circumstances have brought them to this fateful moment where they’ll be able to film the climactic battle between yakuzas in an epic, over-the-top ending for the ages.

2015 · 2h 9m
  • 83%
Starring Jun Kunimura, Shinichi Tsutsumi, Hiroki Hasegawa
Director Sion Sono

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Cast & Crew

  • Jun Kunimura
    Muto
  • Shinichi Tsutsumi
    Jun Ikegama
  • Hiroki Hasegawa
    Director Hirata
  • Gen Hoshino
    Koji Hashimoto
  • Fumi Nikaidou
    Mitsuko
  • Tomochika
    Shizue
  • Itsuji Itao
    Masuda
  • Tak Sakaguchi
    Sasaki
  • Sion Sono
    Director
  • T‌S
    Takeshi Suzuki
    Producer
  • T‌M
    Takuyuki Matsuno
    Producer

About

Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Comedy

Things get insanely bloody when an aspiring film troupe known as The F**k Bombers collide with a yakuza boss who wants to make a movie with his daughter, in the prolific Sion Sono’s (Love Exposure; Suicide Club) latest.Sion Sono's twenty-seventh feature is an ode to 35mm film.Ten years ago, the Kitagawa yakuza clan attacked the Muto yakuza clan at Muto’s own home, only to have Muto’s wife fight back. This unexpectedly left the Kitagawa clan in shambles, with their top hitman Ikegmai wounded and Muto’s wife in prison. Despite the carnage, the most unfortunate fallout from this attack is when Muto’s beloved daughter, Mitsuko, has her adorable toothpaste commercial taken off the air. Now, Ikegami seeks revenge, while Muto only has one desire: to have his wife return from prison to see Mitsuko star in her first movie. Enter The F**k Bombers, an eager but untalented group of wannabe filmmakers whose dreams of making movies have come crashing down after ten years. Circumstances have brought them to this fateful moment where they’ll be able to film the climactic battle between yakuzas in an epic, over-the-top ending for the ages.

83%

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Average 7
Reviews 41
Fresh 34
Rotten 7

Information

Studio
T-Joy
Released
2015
Run Time
2 hr 9 min
Rated
R18 Graphic violence, drug use and offensive language
Region of Origin
Japan
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Japanese, Japanese (Japan), English
Audio

Japanese (Japan) (AAC, ⁨Dolby 5.1⁩)

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English (Australia) (Always On)

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