Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- off-kilter
- flamboyant
- sardonic
- midnight movie
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film inventive, self-referential, and visually absorbing, while considering its sensory excess uneven.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Japanese cast, English dialogue, remote frontier town, and samurai-style swordplay merge incompatible traditions into a self-conscious western.
The story draws openly on Django mythology, western conventions, and stylized genre quotations while exaggerating their artificiality.
Two warring clans pursue concealed gold, making the treasure the central object around which alliances and violence form.
Revolvers, swordplay, crossbows, and a Gatling gun coexist in staged showdowns that borrow from both western and samurai traditions.
Films like Sukiyaki Western Django, and why
Django Unchained
stylized revisionist western action, heightened violence, and genre self-awareness
The Quick and the Dead
Japanese western hybridity, samurai-inflected gunplay, and operatic revenge themes
Dead or Alive
off-kilter genre excess, dark humor, and graphic outlaw violence
Movie Details
- Director
- Takashi Miike
- Release Date
- 2007-09-15
- Runtime
- 121 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (371)
Cast
- Hideaki Ito
- Koichi Sato
- Yusuke Iseya
- Kaori Momoi
- Teruyuki Kagawa
- Takaaki Ishibashi
- Masanobu Ando
- Yoshino Kimura
- Masato Sakai
- Shun Oguri
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Sukiyaki Western Django about?
- A mercenary gunman exploits a treasure feud between rival clans in Takashi Miike’s flamboyant Japanese collision of spaghetti western and samurai spectacle.
- What is Sukiyaki Western Django like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sukiyaki Western Django as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Sukiyaki Western Django violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Sukiyaki Western Django as graphic.
- What did critics think of Sukiyaki Western Django?
- Critics broadly found the film inventive, self-referential, and visually absorbing, while considering its sensory excess uneven.
- Which films are like Sukiyaki Western Django?
- Films with a similar feel include Django Unchained, The Quick and the Dead, and Dead or Alive.
- How long is Sukiyaki Western Django?
- Sukiyaki Western Django runs 121 minutes.
- Where can I watch Sukiyaki Western Django?
- In United States, Sukiyaki Western Django streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, Howdy Amazon Channel.
