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Bookmark this pageGetting Any? (1994)
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Movie review
From Time Out Film Guide
Kitano may have recut this film since I saw it a few weeks ago [in October 1994], when it was half hilarious, half surprisingly leaden. It begins as an absurd comedy about a young dope bent on losing his virginity: because he believes a fast car or a first-class air ticket will make him irresistible, he gets up to a series of crazy antics in pursuit of sex. The repetitive gags about obsession and incompetence, not unlike those in a Roadrunner cartoon, are marvellous; then, when he gets a job acting in a samurai film, the humour drifts off into ever more tired parody (yakuza and monster movies follow). The export cut runs 76 minutes.Author: GA
Cast & crew
Director: Takeshi Kitano
Producer: Masayuki Mori, Yasushi Tsuge, Takio Yoshida
Cast: Minoru Iikuza, Shouji Kabyashi, Testuya Yuuki, Dannkann, Yuuji Minakata, Renn Oosugi full cast
Genre(s): Comedy
Duration: 108 mins
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