This wildly bizarre Japanese horror movie from master Takeski Miike (AUDITION) follows the mysterious disappearance of Brother, a gangster who was accidentally killed by one of his Mafia cohorts, Minami. Searching for Brother's body--which vanished minutes after he was shot--Minami stumbles into a strange secluded inn and gets a room. He is instantly aware that something fishy is going on, and as he gets to know the innkeepers more intimately, that feeling is backed up by evidence. Given to loud, rambunctious sessions of pumping her own breast milk, the innkeeper is certainly a spectacle. Meanwhile, the violent sadomasochistic relationship (read: whipping) shared between the innkeeper and her brother is quite another. Nothing, however, can top Miike's grand finale for GOZU which combines some very important Givenchy crotchless panties, an old man who has a unique solution for his anal fixation, and an extremely gelatinous, odds-defying birth.

This film screened as part of SXSW 2004 in Austin Texas.

DVD Features:

Region (unknown)
Keep Case
Anamorphic Letterboxed Widescreen
Audio:
(unspecified) - Japanese
Subtitles - English - Optional
Additional Release Material:
Audio Commentary - 1. Andy Klein, Wade Major - Film Critics
Interviews - 1. Takashi Miike - Director (featuring Guillermo Del Toro, Eli Roth - Directors)
Trailers
Featurette - 1. Making Of
Text/Photo Galleries:
Stills Gallery
Biographies
Film Notes by Tom Mes - Author of "Agitator: The Cinema of Takashi Miike"

Kimika Yoshino: Japanese Actress, EKO EKO AZARAK (WIZARD OF DARKNESS)
Sho Aikawa: 
Renji Ishibashi: Actor, DEAD OR ALIVE (2001)

Takashi Miike: Director, DEAD OR ALIVE (2001)

Sakichi Sato: Screenwriter, ICHI THE KILLER (2002)

"Miike may make more films than you can keep up with, but this one's a keeper. It's a slow-burn for sure, but the ending proves Miike has known exactly what he's doing all along..."
"Hideki Sone makes a weirdly credible Minami....Some of the inventions are cherishable..."
"Miike is a bold visual stylist with a strong sense of composition. Miike inspires his actors to depict actions with a complete naturalness that surely no other director has ever asked them to attempt..."