is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by

Teruo Ishii was a Japanese film director best known in the West for his early films in the ''Super Giant'' series, and for his films in the ''ero guro'' ("erotic-grotesque") subgenre of ''pinku eiga'' such as ''Shogun's Joy of Torture'' ( 1968). He also dire ...

. It is an adaptation of Tsuge Yoshiharu's 1967 manga ''

Screw Style is a one-shot gekiga written and illustrated by essayist and mangaka Yoshiharu Tsuge. ''Screw Style'' follows of the story of an unnamed boy who goes around several places in war-torn Japan in order to find a doctor who can fix his pierced arte ...

''.

Production

The film is Ishii's eighty-first film. It stars Tadanobu Asano and

Miki Fujitani is a Japanese actress. In addition to her many live-action film and television roles, she had a prominent voice role as Kamiya Kaoru in the ''Rurouni Kenshin'' anime series, and as Chun-Li in '' Street Fighter II The Movie''. Filmography L ...

. 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."

Release and reception

The film has also been released under the title ''Screwed''. 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."

References

Japanese drama films 1998 films Films based on manga Films directed by Teruo Ishii {{1990s-Japan-film-stub