God's Puzzle

Kamisama no Puzzle

(Japan, 2008, 134 mins)

35mm

International Premiere

Selected Filmography:  

PRODS: Yamamoto Hidetoshi, Osugi Akihiko
SCR: Nakamura Masaru
CAM: Yanagijima Katsumi
ED: Shimamura Yasushi
MUS: Toriyama Yuji
Cast: Ichihara Hayato, Tanimura Mitsuki, Matsumoto Rio, Tanaka Kotaro, Iwao Nozomu, Suwa Taro

In the years since we introduced Miike Takashi with his debut feature Shinjuku Triad Society--and went on to give Audition its world premiere--there have been reasons to fear that his adrenaline levels were dropping. Only the occasional movie (such as Ichi the Killer, Izo or Big Bang Love – Juvenile A) maintained his earlier standards of aesthetic depravity and cultural vandalism. But this one is a zinger. Never shy of tackling the big issues, Miike here explains quantum physics--through the stories of an embittered woman genius and a laddish male idiot, the latter of course impersonating his clever twin brother while he’s away searching for spiritual truths in India.

You don’t need a story outline, do you? Let’s just say that the universe boils down to 73% dark energy, 23% dark matter and 4% matter, and the fundamental question is: is it possible to create anti-matter? And if it is, would that spark a new universe? And if it did, would that destroy this one in the process? And what would become of the best sushi in the universe then? The mix of low comedy, high theory, sex, puddles and really quite spectacular special effects will certainly make your particles accelerate.

-- Tony Rayns

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JCCA Bulletin

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