The one and only. A random class of high schoolers is chosen to participate in the annual, national most-dangerous-game production. Fiercely satirical of Japan's fascistic state. This was an attempt to personalize the cost of the country's militaristic policies and, by showcasing appealing young people as its immediate victims, it succeeded.
Very violent, bitter. We watch it like an auto accident...repulsive but impossible to ignore. Kitano's character was idiotic and ended up detracting from the power of the story by making it seem too cartoonish.
That flaw aside, though, this was some powerful ju-ju.
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