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Visitor Q Director: Takashi Miike Number of Items: 1 Format: Color Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Running Time: 90 minutes Studio: Media Blasters, Inc Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2002-11-26 Buy from Amazon

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 50 Average rating: 4.0 "Takashi Miike meets Jerry Springer" Nothing wrong with movies that aren't run of the mill or push the boundaries a bit--but this movie was too far out for me. While I generally enjoy Takashi Miike's movies-particularly "Audition"--this one just didn't work for me-and while I am not easily offended--I can see where this movie would be offensive to some people--so if you're the sensitive politically correct type--this movie probably isn't for you at all In brief-this is the story of the most dysfunctional family imaginable--the son beats the mother, dad watches other kids beat up his son, dad is also a sexual deviant--if June was worried about the Beaver--she wouldn't last five minutes in this household. There's also murder, necrophilia, incest and lactation thrown into this movie. If any of this is arousing to you--I think you'd better see a psychiatrist--quickly! If there's a hidden message in this film--I didn't get it--who knows--maybe you will--but I can't really recommend trying! Then again-the whole point of ths picture may be to reveal how dysfunctional the viewers are who find it titillating! "Good flick,not for average viewer" This is a movie that is full of rather demented people. Physical abuse, underage prostitution, necrophilia, murder and herion addiction are all a day in the life for the characters here. Has a light feel as these things are shown that adds a sense of perversion to the whole thing. Enough said. "sorry but this is funny......" While this movie trys to raise the bar in shock and awe it really isn't easy to take this movie serious its like a george carlin skit, he is talkin about serious matters but all in all its still damn funny. The sad part is i am not even sure what this movie is about the plot goes nowhere the sences of violence look like they are from monty python its just a silly movie and how anyone can give this movie more than 2 stars is beyond me, maybe i am missin somthin.... but if you want real takashi go with audition or ichi the killer.... "A special movie not for all " In this movie you can see what happens to our modern world. This family shows all the influence of our modern life. There should be more movies like this. Please translate the film to English and German to give more people the chance to learn more about the dark secrets in families and the human soul. Thanks to Takashi Miike for this MASTERPIECE . AUDITION is also a masterpiece of movie "A very strange Japanese movie" A short R-rated Japanese "horror" film about a deranged family that videotapes their crimes by director Takashi Miike. The movie stars Kenichi Endo, Shungiku Uchida, Kazushi Watanabe, and Shoko Nakahara. The film contains nudity (both male and female; though a particular lower region is blurry on the front for both the men and women; going by the comic books, the blurring/censoring might be required by law in Japan - though in the movie, that blurring does not always occur). DVD features: Contains the movie (in Japanese with English subtitles) plus some extras. The special features include: a director's biography (very detailed); liner notes (very detailed); and trailers (four trailers: Samurai Fiction; Freeze Me; Visitor Q; and Fudoh). The movie opens with what looks like a prostitute and a "John" in a hotel room (appearances can be deceiving). Both have cameras, and the jerky camera work appears to represent what the two cameras see, sometimes at an extreme close-up view (though the woman is the one most often in view). Then the camera becomes mostly stationary and the "action" unfolds (though the action is somewhat blurry - the action is blurry, and a particular area of the male form is deliberately blurred; and the stationary position changes). The movie starts out seeming to be just a somewhat boring interaction in a hotel room. And then it turns strange. A man (call him father), the same man from the first scene, is hit over the head. Then a new scene, set in a disturbing home where the son dominates the mother, and what's this? Father has brought his "friend" that hit him on the head over to his apartment to meet his wife and son. It would appear that father is a journalist that had been trying to make a little documentary about how the youth are fairing in Japan, but was attacked. The attack was video-taped and shown on the air (not the earlier attack mentioned at the beginning of this paragraph). The man became disgraced and now is "on-break." Well, his new idea is to film his own family, and document bullying. The bullied end up bullying others. I suppose it is interesting just trying to figure out what is going on, or what the movie is truly supposed to be about. Though it isn't that hard to figure out after a while (but, do you are you correct?). With this type of strange movie, it is difficult to determine how much to reveal, so I'll need to leave the review vague. I will say that the people involved appear insane, and there appears to be a slight similarity to the film "15 Seconds" in that both include criminals video-taping their acts, though they are very different movies. The sick and disturbing movie contains violence (both of the bullying nature and of the sexual nature - women getting attacked), torture, whipping, drug use, death, dismemberment, necrophilia (and the dangers of said acts), and incest. A strange disturbing little movie (though it can be strangely funny at least one time). Hard to rate this type of movie, or know which category to place it. Good music at least. Due to the need to use the subtitles, and the strange nature of the film, it is hard to critic the acting, nor can proper crediting be given (most of the credits appear to be in Japanese; a list of the actors is given in English, but not matched up with any particular part). (3)