Tag

Original title: Riaru onigokko

2015
15
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

6.1/10

8.5K

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Mariko Shinoda, Erina Mano, Reina Triendl, Yuki Sakurai, and Aki Hiraoka in Comedy Nights with Kapil (2013)

Sion Sono's gory, pro-feminist mashup of grindhouse and arthouse...

Japanese auteur Sion Sono follows up the deliriously entertaining Tokyo Tribe, with Tag, a surreal horror that combines his arthouse aesthetics with equal doses of pro-feminist action fantasy, and the kind of ultra-gory exploitation filmmaking that would make Takashi Miike and Yoshihiro Nishimura proud.

Mitsuko (Reina Triendl) is the sole survivor of a bizarre paranormal incident that kills all of her classmates. Running for her life, Mitsuko seemingly slips into an alternate reality, but death and chaos seems to follow her everywhere. As Mitsuko finds herself in increasingly surreal and violent situations, the true horror behind her nightmare is revealed.

With a jaw-dropping opening sequence reminiscent of Sono's earlier cult masterpiece, Suicide Club, Tag is a mind-bending slice of action-horror, Alice in Wonderland meets Tokyo Gore Police.

Eureka Entertainment to release TAG, a dreamlike, mind-melting blend of action and fantasy from Japanese cult director Sion Sono, for the first time in the UK in a Dual Format (Blu-ray & DVD) edition on 20 November 2017, following screenings at some of the UK's leading film festivals.

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A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal life.A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal life.A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she becomes less certain of who she is and her once-once normal life.

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IMDb RATING

6.1/10

8.5K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 wins total

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Trivia
The music used in the background is the same music in The Walking Dead opening score.

Goofs
In the beginning, when the buses and girls are sliced in half, many of the bodies spurt blood into the air, like geysers. But this wouldn't happen, because without the top halves of their bodies, they would be missing the organ responsible for the movement of all blood in a body--their hearts.

Connections
Remake of Riaru onigokko (2008)

Soundtracks
Real Onigokko
Written by Remi Matsuo
Performed by Glim Spanky
Courtesy of Virgin Records Japan

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Give it a 9 or a 5?

7 will do. The story is hard to follow at first then becomes coherent. The end is unexpected. Disconnected from the rest of the movie, I felt. For these reasons I give it a five.

The cinematography is flawless. The soundtrack is soaring. The main character is believable to the point of tears...I want her to triumph. If she were my kid, I go all Uncle Buck on the bad guys. The rest of the characters' acting was over the top, too much, until I pulled everything together toward the end. Ah...makes sense.

I'd watch it again, and probably need to. I have friends and family who couldn't sit past the bus scene.