''Survive Style 5+'' is a 2004 Japanese film directed by Gen Sekiguchi and produced by

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. It stars

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and

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Synopsis

The film follows five simultaneous, loosely linked plot lines, that intertwine and scramble together. A man (

) keeps killing his wife (

) and burying her in the woods only to find her alive, furious, and waiting for him when he returns home. A suburban family's life is disrupted when the father (

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) is permanently hypnotized into believing he is a bird and tries to learn how to fly. A trio of aimless youth pass time by burgling houses. A murderous advertising executive (

) tries to imagine ideas for commercials. The stories clash together through the intervention of a thuggish hitman (

) and his translator (

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Cast

as Masahiro Ishigaki *

as Mimi, Ishigaki's wife *

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as a motorcycle policeman *

as Yoko, the commercial businesswoman * Asumi Miwa as a waitress * Hiroshi Abe as Aoyama, the hypnotist *

as Tatsuya Kobayashi, the husband *

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as Misa Kobayashi, the wife *

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as Kaho Kobayashi, the daughter *

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as Keiichi Kobayashi, the son *

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as a Tsuda, a burglar *

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as Morishita, a burglar *

as J, a burglar *

as Jimmy Funky Knife, an assassin *

as Katagiri, the assassin's interpreter *

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as a flight attendant *

as Kazama, a pharmaceutical company president *

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as Yamauchi, a doctor

Release

''Survive Style 5+'' was shown at the

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on August 6, 2004.

Soundtrack

The film's original soundtrack is by James Shimoji, and additionally features songs by

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and

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, Rob Laufer,

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, and

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References

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