Overview
Five seemingly disconnected tales converge in a whirlwind of absurdity and dark humor.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- surreal
- witty
- irreverent
- cult movie night
- late night viewing
What critics said
Critics and viewers broadly regard the film as an inventive, exuberant cult comedy distinguished by its surreal style and interwoven eccentric characters.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Five apparently disconnected stories combine bizarre domestic, commercial, hypnotic, and criminal situations into an increasingly surreal world.
The plot explicitly presents five stories that eventually become intertwined.
Hitmen, contract killing, and a businessman’s bizarre circumstances are framed through darkly comic absurdism.
The film’s surreal premise, advertising-world characters, and cult reputation signal a deliberately heightened, visually flamboyant style.
Films like Survive Style 5+, and why
Pulp Fiction
surreal ensemble storytelling, absurdist humor, and interwoven criminal and domestic plots
The Happiness of the Katakuris
eccentric intersecting characters, stylized dark comedy, and heightened absurdism
Kamikaze Girls
japanese cult sensibility, surreal tonal shifts, and comic violence surrounding bizarre characters
Tokyo!
fragmented ensemble structure, offbeat humor, and surreal urban atmosphere
Movie Details
- Director
- Gen Sekiguchi
- Release Date
- 2004-09-25
- Runtime
- 120 min
- Rating
- 7.3 / 10 (232)
Cast
- Tadanobu Asano
- Reika Hashimoto
- Kyoko Koizumi
- Hiroshi Abe
- Ittoku Kishibe
- Yumi Aso
- Kanji Tsuda
- Yoshiyuki Morishita
- Jai West
- Yoshiyoshi Arakawa
Common questions
- What is Survive Style 5+ about?
- Five wildly eccentric Japanese stories collide in a kinetic, visually flamboyant dark comedy where crime, marriage, advertising, and hypnosis obey surrealist logic.
- What is Survive Style 5+ like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Survive Style 5+ as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Survive Style 5+ violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Survive Style 5+ as moderate.
- What did critics think of Survive Style 5+?
- Critics and viewers broadly regard the film as an inventive, exuberant cult comedy distinguished by its surreal style and interwoven eccentric characters.
- Which films are like Survive Style 5+?
- Films with a similar feel include Pulp Fiction, The Happiness of the Katakuris, Kamikaze Girls, and Tokyo!.
- How long is Survive Style 5+?
- Survive Style 5+ runs 120 minutes.
