Plot by Imdb:"A salaryman and yakuza are each sent by their bosses to a remote Chinese village but discover more then they expected."
Once again, Takeshi Miike reinvents himself and surprises us where we expected him the less: on the human and poetic side. We are witnessing an incredibly sensible moment of humanity as we follow two Japanese caricatures characters: a salaryman and a Yakuza, both entangled in their respective hierarchy and "world order", during their travel to an extremely remote part of China. As soon as their chaotic journey unfold, they begin to change and to reveal themselves as much more deeper characters. At first, it's still on the comedy or drama side but it takes a much more traumatic and psychological turn when they finally reach their destination: a "out of time" village of mountain people who have some strange rituals and beliefs.
Miike here reaches yet another level and goes closer to an absolute masterpiece.
This movie only could prove that all the hype around Miike as a stakhanovist shock director that doesn't care about emotions and meaning is wrong. He's all that, clearly but he always cares about the story and, more importantly, about his characters. As usual, photography is breathtaking, framing is fantastic and the general craftsmanship of the movie is top nocth. Not to forget, two great actors and a really beautiful story of the true metaphysical nature of human beings. Anyone who has ever being to remote natural locations and stayed there some time will get it instantly.
Clearly up there with the older Japanese masters, Miike-sensei has made with this movie, I think, a classic.
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