...the relationships are complicated; you fight to get rid of your partner, then when you finally achieve that you cannot live without him/her so you cry...Other point in this movie is a more difficult one: try to get along with the different or with the differences and accept him/her that way. A very complicated task that the human kind still does not reached.Humor and tragedy.-Also: .Very good motion .Good music .Nice camera work .Nice editing .Good actorsFun to watch; recommended.

Five tales of desperate individuals in contemporary Japan gradually intertwine in this bizarre independent film. In one tale, a man repeatedly kills his wife, only for her to return from the dead with increasing supernatural powers each time. In another tale, an advertising executive tries to make the funniest commercial ever, but keeps failing. In yet another tale, three teens on a crime spree gradually accept their latent homosexuality. In a further tale, a financially troubled father is permanently hypnotised into acting like a bird after his hypnotist is murdered. Finally, Vinnie Jones as a hit-man provides the link between the first four tales. The film is very well edited with lots of attention to music and sound; the ad exec's eyelids flutter to the music beats, Jones taps his feet and fingers in rhythm and so on. The brightly coloured sets (especially the wife killer's home) are great too. For all its ambition though, 'Survive Style 5+' is incredibly uneven. The ad exec tale falls flat but the other segments work for wildly different reasons. The film is whimsical and touching when focused on the hypnotised man and how his doting kids cope; it is darkly comic when focused on the wife-killer; and it is intriguing one when focused on the closeted friends who seem on the verge of spilling all. What exactly what the title means is anybody's guess, and it is hard to think of any overall themes that link the tales together. The film is, however, refreshingly offbeat and uncanny with nary a boring moment to be had. The way the wife-killer and hypnotised man's tales link together at the end is also simply sublime.

A mate of mine recommended this, and I'm so glad I watched it. This is one of the most original films i've ever seen; all of the five subplots are interesting and quirky in their own ways, and they all intertwine with each other in order to make a great and memorable movie. Can't really spoil too much, but the film is incredibly weird and bizarre (in a good way), and it constantly keeps you in suspense. The ending is also fantastic. + Quirky + Weird + Fun + Interesting

Some people out there may imagine the Japanese of Tokyo to be stoic and colorless like Vulcans. To some extent, that is how they really are. The buildings are gray, and if it's overcast, everything kind of blends together into a formalized drone. There is more paperwork added each day, another speech to sleep through, and the shuffle begins anew. Add the business formalities, and society can get very stiff over there.That is one side of Japan.SURVIVE STYLE 5 is the other side. Somewhere buried beneath the hard samurai exterior, the Japanese are the silliest, flashiest people on the face of the earth. Just watch the game shows on TV to see what I mean. It takes the slightest spark to transform a crowd of adults into a crowd of Pokemon monsters. Add this side of Japan, and every conversation at the workplace has a Comic Book BANG! POW! and HORRA!The movie features five story lines (1) A hip to be square family of four (2) A girl that won't stay buried (3) An assassin on a hit job (4) A hypnotist (5) A traveling band of fools in a van. Here's a puzzle for you -- what is the common element that connects these 5 story lines? Beats me. Maybe it's the STYLE.SURVIVE STYLE 5 is like a multi-colored salad falling to the kitchen floor in slow motion. Everyone stands agape as the orange leaves scatter like purple rain. Most memorable are the vivid colors and extreme silliness. Take for example the absurd scene where a typical nuclear family is rocking out in the car on their way to a hypnosis show. All four are bobbing their heads to punk rock and shouting American profanities in unison.A cohesive story would have propelled this movie into greatness. But because it's so scatterbrained, it can safely be filed in the "two-hour music video" drawer. You might want to display it at the entrance to your home on special occasions -- like an Andy Warhol photograph. It can serve as a reminder of how absurd the world can get. "Yes, the world did have a story to tell once upon a time. It made absolutely no sense, but it had such a beautiful Christmas Tree!"If SURVIVE STYLE 5 is your cup of tea, I recommend Taste of Tea, released in 2004 starring Tadanobu Asano.JYJimboduck-dot-com