Why Don't You Play in Hell?

Title:Why Don't You Play in Hell?
Release Date:October 31st, 2014
Director:Shion Sono
Writer:Shion Sono
Studio:Drafthouse Films
Genre:Action, Drama
Run time:2 hours 06 minutes

Why Don't You Play in Hell? Plot

Hirata (Hiroki Hasegawa) dreams of being a movie director, and with his ragtag film crew, he intends to shoot a masterpiece. Meanwhile, a feud between yakuza clans heats up after big boss Muto's wife massacres rival boss Ikegami's gang, jeopardizing her daughter Michiko's acting career in the process. Ten years later, and days before his wife's release from jail, Muto must somehow prove to her that Michiko has become a big-screen star. And so, the ruthless criminal underground and the happy-go-lucky film crew collide in an orgy of blood and B-roll.

Based on an early script by Sono, this extravaganza has autobiographical undercurrents in its tribute to the undying pursuit of one's cinematic dreams. It features a number of familiar Japanese character actors, including Jun Kunimura (Hard Boiled) and Shinichi Tsutsumi (Dangan Runner, Unlucky Monkey, Monday) as the feuding yakuza bosses, and Tak Sakaguchi (star of Ryûhei Kitamura's Versus, which premiered at Midnight Madness) in a role that mirrors the actor's own discovery by a director back when he was a back-alley brawler. Why Don't You Play in Hell? is a rip-roaring tale of cinematic passions slashed and shredded into a bloody mess by yakuza swords.