Tokyo Fist

Produced, directed and starring Shinya Tsukamoto, this flick fits in well with his ouevre. A weird kind of love/hate triangle between a boxer, a salaryman and a self-piercing woman. Like all of Tsukamoto's films, this one needs to be watched rather than explained.

Here are some words I jotted down while watching it to give you an idea of its general zeitgeist:

Decay, rot, flesh, destruction, madness, death, maggots, mutilation, self-discovery, rage, anger, extreme. Kinetic, shaking, dynamic camera movements and lighting.