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Party 7

  • 2000
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 44m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
769
YOUR RATING
Party 7 (2000)
Comedy

Two voyeurs watch a Japanese gangster and his bizarre guests in a hotel room.Two voyeurs watch a Japanese gangster and his bizarre guests in a hotel room.Two voyeurs watch a Japanese gangster and his bizarre guests in a hotel room.

  • Director
    • Katsuhito Ishii
  • Writer
    • Katsuhito Ishii
  • Stars
    • Masatoshi Nagase
    • Akemi Kobayashi
    • Yoshinori Okada
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    769
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Katsuhito Ishii
    • Writer
      • Katsuhito Ishii
    • Stars
      • Masatoshi Nagase
      • Akemi Kobayashi
      • Yoshinori Okada
    • 19User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win total

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    Masatoshi Nagase
    Masatoshi Nagase
    • Shunichirô Miki
    Akemi Kobayashi
    • Kana Mitsukoshi
    Yoshinori Okada
    Yoshinori Okada
    • Todohei Todohira
    Keisuke Horibe
    Keisuke Horibe
    • Shingo Sonoda
    Tatsuya Gashûin
    Tatsuya Gashûin
    • Wakagashi (Chû Isomura)
    Yoshiyuki Morishita
    Yoshiyuki Morishita
    • Baldie
    Kanji Tsuda
    Kanji Tsuda
    • Fuka Zume
    Nobuto Okamoto
    • Ryûjirô Okita
    Yoneko Matsukane
    Yoneko Matsukane
    • Old Lady Sakagami
    Ren Ôsugi
    Ren Ôsugi
    • Psychiatrist
    Yôhachi Shimada
    • Boss Izaki
    Seiji Tanaka
    • Daikichi Onizuka
    Masanobu Hisatomi
    • Hisatomi
    Hideo Asahina
    • Asahina
    Seiroku Nakazawa
    Yôji Tanaka
    • Relative
    • (as Yoji Tanaka)
    Shuntarou Iizuka
    Atsuko Sakuraoka
    • Director
      • Katsuhito Ishii
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      • Katsuhito Ishii
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    craigb-1

    Fantastic film

    This is the funniest film I have ever seen. I will say no more, really- preposterous, brilliant, and hilarious. Great work.

    The actors dive into the script head first, with absolutely no let up, ever, turning in the best ensemble comedy work I have seen in years. Laugh out loud excellence, Captain Banana is worth the price of admission.

    Craig
    poikkeus

    See It While You Can...

    The Japanese company that owns the film has apparently declded to put it on the shelf, so the inevitable DVD (probably without subs, and definitely with Region coding) may be your only chance unless you act quickly. If Cult Cinema is your groove, Party 7 is likely o be your party. In the bowels of a tacky Japanese hotel, Mr Banana -- dressed in a yellow and black hero suit -- is trying to anoint a multiple-convicted peeper into his special world, which has direct view into promising rooms. As the hotel room drama plays out, there's a hood in a pink leather suit who has a suitcase filled with money, a former girlfriend who wants the same money, her trendy camera expert boyfriend out to keep his girlfriend, and a tough but gullible yakuza. Vinyl-suited Mr Banana and his assistant Mr Yellow peep as its all happening. There are flashbacks, extreme humor, and enough bizarre twists to keep anyone guessing. The cast is first-rate, composed mostly of great genre actors. The filmmakers probably weren't making it up as they went along, but Party 7 has that feeling, and it makes for a refreshing change of pace.
    8t-d-t-m82

    A Humerous Take On The 'Peeping Culture' Subculture

    It's a wild mad ride. Lots of accusations. Lots of character development. Lots of dishonesty. Lots of coming-to-terms and the truth prevails!

    It's got Captain Banana! A peeping juvenile in love with the lead actress! Yakuza! Orphanaged degenerates!

    I really loved the slapstick humour; the fast edit and quick zoom and shaky camera (Fukasaku signature closeups) and great angles! The cinematography is divine. It's an extremely quirky and fun movie and not to be taken seriously.

    It's just very enjoyable and completely removed from mainstream cinema. I really enjoyed its beauty in the form of adolescent voyerism. How humans just love engrossing in others through staring. It's just quite beautiful yet deemed vulgar in society.

    Then it all culminators in a big room fight. It's a really great movie which one shouldn't take too seriously. Loads of great camera angles. Superb directing and acting and cool costumes! I really enjoyed it. It's just a fun low-budget movie from the J-video era and is more polished than most.

    Expect low ratings with a subject of this matter like any Japanese quirky b movie. Enjoy the wild ride of J pulp cinema. Watch without predejuice. With an adolescent teenage mind. Let the fun begin! For fans of Sion Sono and Takashi Miike.
    8ChungMo

    The Japanese "Weird" genre has another good entry

    There are many very strange films coming out of Japan over the past few years and they are slowly making their way to the United States. Party 7 has two actors who later appear in the better known "Survive Style 5".

    The plot is very simple; a stupid criminal tries to hide in an out of the way motel with the mob money he stole. Several people, an ex-girlfriend, her new fiancé and the criminal's partner in crime, manage to find him and confront him in his motel room. These confrontations are observed through a one-way mirror/painting by the owner of the motel, in his Captain Banana suit, and the son of his recently deceased best friend. There are also two strange motel employees involved and a yakuza boss in flashbacks. And a twitchy travel agent.

    There are about 5 sets in the film total, it's almost like watching a play. The whole film is based on the characters' interactions as opposed to visual action. While there is lots of action in the crazy animated title sequence which was done by Peter Chung of Aeon Flux fame, it calms down a lot for most of the movie. Great art direction and photography, droll script and very good acting.

    Recommended.
    10simon_booth

    SF Bay Area

    When it comes to boundary-pushing off the wall cinema, Japan is the world's undisputed leader. Party 7 is one of the most bizarre, creative and hilarious films I've seen in a very long time. Set almost entirely in a hotel room with adjoining peep-suite, the film thrusts together an ensemble of quirky characters and feeds them a non-stop supply of bizarre, perverse and highly amusing dialogue. The plot is almost non-existent, yet manages to be clever and surprising, and the delivery is perfect. You haven't seen anything like it, and you're either going to love it or hate it... it's as simple as that.

    Me, I loved every little bit of it!

    (And yes, Sharkskin Man and Peach Hip Girl is a great film as well)

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      Hyper-kinetic animated credits by Takeshi Koike introduce the colorful main characters.
    • Connections
      References Hotel Room (1993)

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    • Release date
      • November 4, 2000 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Вечеринка на семерых
    • Production companies
      • Intrinsic
      • Tohokushinsha Film Corporation (TFC)
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 44m(104 min)
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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