Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl

R

Released Apr 16, 2003

1h 48m

Mystery & Thriller

Action

List

45%

11 Reviews

Tomatometer

80%

2,500+ Ratings

Audience Score

Owing money to a bizarre group of gangsters, a thief (Tadanobu Asano) goes on the run with a woman (Sie Kohinata) who is eluding her uncle.

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Gabe M

This is a - straight to video, a sub genre in japanese media. Not to say sub quality, but think of it more as independent film. in that sub genre, this is a deep cut. one of my favorite hidden gems. Tadanobu Asano is great and easily carries the narrative through the psycho charcuterie of characters, Tadanobu Asano always picks interesting eccentric roles in his earlier career. Most of the side characters are acting heavy weights in there own right as well. If you enjoyed this Directors style then check out Survive Style 5 as well. this is one of my absolute favorite films

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/03/24

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Audience Member

I let my friend borrow this movie and he's kept it since 2004. I am upset.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/27/23

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Audience Member

A lot of thought went into the characters, and the plot is more complex than the average film. The problem is, there are only a few moments when anything you see on screen connects emotionally to you.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/30/23

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(***): [img]http://images.rottentomatoes.com/images/user/icons/icon14.gif[/img] A very strange and entertaining movie that is in the same vein as Takashi Miike's craziest works.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/18/23

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Audience Member

Great title, lame film.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

01/15/23

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Based on a Japanese manga, this debut from Katsuhito Ishii is a road movie about a young woman on the run from her domineering and perverted uncle who meets up with a young man on the run from the yakuza he's ripped off. The yakuza are the funniest, most outrageous, coolest bunch of baddies I've ever seen. Their dialogue is great, their costumes are incredible and they're all so enjoyable to watch. The uncle also sends someone after the pair on the run, a diminutive little freak who would totally steal the show in any other movie. Here, he just adds to the mix. I can't really describe how much I enjoyed this movie. The great thing about this movie is that it's so over-the-top that you know it's a parody, and it's so much fun that it actually works as a straight "cool lovers on the run movie," and not just a parody of one. In fact, I thought it worked so well that it is now one of my favorite movies of this genre. Simply delightful!

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Katsuhito Ishii

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Tadanobu Asano

Kuroo Samehada

Sie Kohinata

Toshiko Momojiri

Ittoku Kishibe

Tanuki

Kimie Shingyoji

Mitsuko Fukuda

Shingo Tsurumi

Mitsuru Fukuda

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Anton Bitel

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a vibrant Tarantino-esque clusterf*ck whose fugitive unpredictability plays out Toshiko’s self-summation: “I ran away – I don’t know what’s going to happen.”

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Frank Scheck

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Comes across like an overextended music video that would leave even Madonna drooling.

Apr 23, 2003

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V.A. Musetto

New York Post

The funky title of this Japanese yakuza bloodletting is, alas, better than the film itself.

Rated: 2/4

Apr 18, 2003

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Pieter-Jan Van Haecke

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A blast from start to finish.

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Panos Kotzathanasis

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“Shark Skin Man and Peach Hip Girl” is a truly great movie, one that will definitely appeal to fans of Tsukamoto, Miike, Sono, Toyoda etc, and a reminder of how unique Japanese cinema used to be.

Rated: 7.5

Apr 23, 2023

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David Sterritt

Christian Science Monitor

The movie is visually impressive, but Ishii's virtuoso style can't overcome the flatness of the comic-book story he's telling.

Rated: 2/4

Jun 5, 2003

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Synopsis

Owing money to a bizarre group of gangsters, a thief (Tadanobu Asano) goes on the run with a woman (Sie Kohinata) who is eluding her uncle.

Director: Katsuhito Ishii
Screenwriter: Katsuhito Ishii, Minetaro Mochizuki
Production Co: Tohokushinsha Film Corporation
Rating: R (Brief Language|Violence|Sexuality)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Action
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 16, 2003, Original
Runtime: 1h 48m