Wind-Up Type

Wind-Up Type
English film poster
Directed byTeruo Ishii
Written byTeruo Ishii
Based on
Produced byTeruo Ishii
Starring
Music byKenichi Segawa
Production
company
Bitters End
Distributed byToei Company
Release date
  • June 17, 1998 (1998-06-17) (Japan)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

Wind-Up Type (Japanese: ねじ式, Hepburn: Nejishiki), also known as Screwed, is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Teruo Ishii. It is an adaptation of Tsuge Yoshiharu's 1967 manga Screw Style.

Cast

  • Tadanobu Asano as Tsube
  • Miki Fujitani as Kuniko
  • Yūko Fujimori as Nurse
  • Kazuhiko Kanayama as Kimoto
  • Tsugumi as Chiyoji Kobayashi
  • Mutsumi Fujita as Woman at Yanagiya
  • Mika Aoba as Stripper
  • Masumi Hara as Man with Lloyd Glasses
  • Kaoru Mizuki as Gynecologist
  • Nijiko Kiyokawa as Candy Seller
  • Hideo Sunazuka as Station Attendant
  • Tetsurō Tamba as Landlord
  • Jtarō Sugisaku as Village Drinker
  • Yuki Umihara as Village Drinker
  • Reiko Miwa
  • Shinzo Takano as Village Chief
  • Tetsuya Hirosaki as Separd
  • Hidenori Miki as Doctor

Production

The film is Ishii's eighty-first film.[1] It stars Tadanobu Asano and Miki Fujitani.

When asked "What is it about Tsuge's manga that makes you want to adapt them to film?", Ishii answered: "He shows the very poor side of society in Japan, that's what interests me."[2]

Release and reception

The film has also been released under the title Screwed.[3]

A review in Variety states that this "Story about a manga artist who goes on a 'Saragossa Manuscript'–like dream odyssey will leave most non-Japanese viewers baffled."[4]

References

  1. ^ "Wind-Up Type". www.fareastfilm.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. ^ P, Miguel (2011). "Nihon Cine Art: Interview with Teruo Ishii". Nihon Cine Art. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
  3. ^ "Review for Teruo Ishii's 'Screwed' (1998, aka 'Neji-Shiki', 'Wind-Up Type')". ScreenAnarchy. 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  4. ^ Elley, Derek (2000-01-17). "Nejishiki: Wind-Up Type". Variety. Retrieved 2023-04-10.


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