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9 Souls Actor: Ryuhei Matsuda Number of Items: 1 Format: Color, Widescreen, Dolby Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Running Time: 120 minutes Studio: Wea Corp Product Group: DVD Release Date: 2005-01-25 Buy from Amazon

From Description When a bomber, a patricide, a pornographer, and a mad biker, together with various other forms of social detritus, break free from jail, it is not surprising that mayhem follows in their wake. What is surprising is the degree of sympathy that brilliant young director Toshiaki Toyoda ("Blue Spring") elicits with elegant ease from the spectator, as the gang of misfits roams the land in a despair that is crueler for being comic. This is humanity on the run to nowhere. Although originally inspired by "The Great Escape", the film has more of a feel of Les Miserables mixed with a hallucinogenic, cut with speed. A truly original addition to the jailbreak genre! SPECIAL DVD FEATURES: 2 Interviews with Director Toshiaki Toyoda Trailers Biographies Filmographies Promotional Material Full-Length Commentary with Tom Mes Anamorphic Widescreen presentation 5.1 Dolby Digital Surround Sound

Customer Reviews: Total numer of reviews: 3 Average rating: 5.0 "Toshiaki Toyoda does it again" 9 Souls is truly a beautiful film. The film is reminiscent of the director's previous Blue Spring, yet is much larger scale and is a much more mature and personal piece of art. This is what makes the film so touching and captivating. It blends humor and drama skillfully, weaving emotions of happiness, nostalgia, regret and sorrow throughout. This is done in a very effective manner and makes the film stronger because this makes its emotions truer to life. For this reason, it is easy for the audience to relate to the film and its characters. Overall, this is a truly wonderful and mesmerizing film. Artsmagic DVD has done an excellent job with the transfer and sound quality, so this is also a high quality DVD which does the film justice. "9 souls 9 holes." This is one of the greatest films I have ever seen. If you are a lover of modern Japanese films, you will love 9 Souls. I was very impressed by Toyoda's film Blue Spring, but 9 Souls blows Blue Spring out of the water. The characters are cool, the soundtrack kicks ass, the chicks are hot. What more could you want. The movie is so good, just on a stylistic level, that the fact that the story is good is just a plus. If you don't like surrealism, vagueness, and ambiguity, then this film is not for you, but those of you who are familiar with modern Japanese cinema will love this. Almost all Modern Japanese films fit these standards and this is no different. "A work of art." I just finished watching 9 Souls just minutes ago and I must say this is an amazing movie, anybody who even remotely enjoyed Blue Spring's NEEDS to see this movie. Stunning.