Kichiku dai enkai (1997)

- written February 2008









Written by Tracy Crockett, creator of Unspeakable Magazine

Summary: Set in 1970s Japan, Aizawa, leader of a little wanna be Yakuza, political student group has been arrested. He being behind bars has put a toll on his health, and it’s just a matter of time before he passes on. The group is taken over by Masami, Aizawas’ girlfriend, who fucks everyone she can to control her stronghold. But once the groups’ glorious leader commits suicide, the chaos begins.           As the group slowly starts to realize the disorganization they have created they start to turn on each other, causing mass paranoia. Masami, possibly from all the humping she’s done throughout the film, begins to snap. This is when the bloodbath begins. Beginning to crumble from the countless hours of chaos, Masami starts to assassinate the group.           Overall: As sad as it may seem this is where the real beauty of this film begins. Now don’t get me wrong. This is an excellent film. Director, Kazuyoshi Kumakiri has an excellent eye for mother earth’s creations, and disasters for that matter, and gives us a good solid story. From reading the title and checking out the box, I was really expecting more gore. The gore that was in it was supremely excellent and nasty as all hell. And the sex was good, not your typical sex, but the orgies they conducted, the shotgun masturbations. That kind of sex. There were some pretty wild things going on in this group. But I really believe the directors’ exploitation of presumed actual events and every day pitfalls for the Asian culture hits hard and gets no more real than this. Sad as it is, chaos and suicide seem to be a real problem in teens of today over there, which Kumakiri shows us with his surrealistic vision..           All in all Kichiku: Dai Enkai is a really good film. The only downfall I have with this film is the pace was pretty slow up until about mid-way point. If I were to tell you that this film was Kumakiris’ art house flick, would you believe me? I wouldn’t. This film is pure beauty.

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