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Kicking off with serious motion picture art from a noted auteur du cinéma Japonais.


PUNX not DEAD the movie
Theatrically, just as viable as cowboys 

Vivienne: Busou Jet is finally screening at Shibuya EUROSPACE
starting September 16. You can reserve seats from the EUROSPACE
homepage on the first day! Thanks for your support!


A 2-week Tokyo run, half over. The "Busou" part means "armed", as in
carrying weapons. Via Au from Gusya Ningen who's all over a thing like this.


Brought to you by writer/director Kakuei Shimada (@kakueishimada on Instagram)
much the same as Destroy Vicious and last year's PLAN 6 CHANNEL 9.



Yoko Yazawa, first starring movie role! "PLAN 6 CHANNEL 9" trailer
2016 AUG 18 by Toenta Toe (01:53)

But... I digress. Shimada has been turning these out between other projects
on a 12-month cycle, which means he can spend a quarter of every year
working with people from every subculture that interests him: underground
rock, pro wrestling, blue videos, fetish fashion… F1 motor racing…

I think I believe the theory that there's a kind of half-documented water cycle
between Japan and the West that keeps these films coming.
Shimada quotes Tarantino as much as vice-versa.

PLAN6 CHANNEL9 was out on DVD after a year, and this one will be too.


   
Handbill for the world premiere at Shibuya EUROSPACE



Vivienne: Busou Jet is another stylized no-future monster/yakuza sex and death carnival.
The plot turns on the entangled fates of murderous psycho widow Vivienne, spooky demented
elder Gokutaro, and relatively average hikikomori guy Yamamoto. Three completely isolated
loners united by unbearable grief. Laissez les epic temps rouler.


  
Lady, don't follow me. All right, I'll follow you.

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Commemorative pre-screening party and talk show event at Shibuya Loft9

It might have been nerves, but whatever the case, Director Kakuei Shimada
was drinking beer at a terrific pace and was drunk by the end.


More cast photos from Loft9
ameblo.jp/kazumifive/entry-12310668460.html


Supper club seating and exhibition of high-end dominatrix footwear
ameblo.jp/owarai-shunchan/entry-12310475360.html


Starring Miyuki Torii and Shun Shioya, with repeaters like Yuko Yazawa and
Club Matsumoto, and many guests from the eddies of the musical mainstream
including: Yoko Furuichi (THE COLLECTORS), Mayu Kusunoki (Kamen Joshi),
Shigeru Nakano (ANARCHY), Kaori Moriwa (GO-BANG'S), Bass Wolf UG,
HORI-CHO（PIG'S TAIL)… and others you see in the credit roll.



Vivienne Busou Jet trailer
2017 JUN 30 by PUNK FILM (01:51)
September 16, 2017 nationwide opening at Shibuya EUROSPACE.



Campy cult B-movies don't make themselves. Certified Kawaii Professional Mayu Kusunoki
of the underground idol unit Kamen Joshi proves that a string of rainy days can't dampen
her smile or fighting spirit.

Hai OK yo — very good!




Pure Blood ep.1758 starring Miyuki Torii · W Shioya Shun with Seiko Katayama
"Kamen Joshi · Mayu Kusunoki" cast, shooting scenes for "Vivienne Busou Jet"
2017 SEP 17 by 仮面女子【最強の地下アイドル】(03:29)

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Do you know the world of underground idols?

At the major underground idol offices of Alice Project over 50 "underground idol" talents are enrolled…
[ 〜it goes on and on from there〜 ]

[tangerinesun]

Torii Miyuki (鳥居みゆき)
Go-to madwoman for Kakuei Shimada, and everybody 




Miyuki Torii - KANNINGU Takeyama uproarious job interview
2008 JAN by Jeepsleep
Cult-style solo comedian 


Among other things, Miyuki Torii is an elite comic actress who does batshit-crazy
better than anybody. It made her a star.


Here's a television skit from years ago. The premise is, auditioning with the standup
comedy duo KANNINGU ("Cheating"; Takanori Takeyama with Tadayuki Nakajima)
for a regular job on the Fuji TV series it was taped for.

More viewers dislike this than like it. I think that's because Torii doesn't break 
character for more than a few milliseconds out of 20 minutes, and people are 
disappointed and uncomfortable when she doesn't slip in anything cute. 

Torii is combining three major components of her solo routine: (1) Escaped psychotic
with bandaged teddybear; (2) Wacked-out cheerleading and multi-character blackout
vignettes; (3) Job candidate from hell. The rules for (3) are, interviewer tries to get
Torii to answer sensibly while Torii tries to bring the interview to a standstill.

You can also see her explosive physicality. Since there's nothing she wouldn't do,
you can't be sure what's coming next. Her dialog relies on logic twists, doing the
opposite of normal, ignoring acceptable limits, and sometimes just sheer chaos.

When Torii has a straight man who can keep up without losing it, she's incredible.

That's due to the quality of the interaction, not always the material.
This is a mix of classic cornball, wtf shock, and dirty nightclub jokes.

Example:

Torii:  …I don't think we'd get on very well, you're amazingly like my father.
Takeyama:  (a little flattered) Oh. I remind you of your father and so… [ you'd naturally like me too much ] 
Torii:  Not at all. I can't stand you. That's how you're like my father.  
Takeyama: ... 

Huh. How is that funny? Because it abruptly overturns a bland social stereotype
that most people in the Japanese audience would unconsciously accept.



Part 1 (04:53)

Leading off with bits of Torii's regular routine. Imagine being trapped 
in a small studio with this person and those eyes. 
 



Part 2 (07:32)

Semi-improvised manzai comedy dialogue with Takeyama as the straight man
and Torii as the fool. Takeyama is looking at her resume asking about things
like age, do you have a passport, etc.

Torii confuses every issue by taking whatever Takeyama says the wrong way.
They spend over two minutes trying to verify that she's 26 years old.

Nakajima, the usual boke, has nothing to do but look on and laugh.
It's like watching olympic ping-pong.




Part 3 (08:09)

So... you're a lesbian who hates women and enjoys threesomes, no, foursomes,
and you're completely off your rocker... it says here you have toothbrushing as
a special skill. Yes, my toothbrushing is so beautiful that it actually gets people
aroused. Do you have a toothbrush?


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IRL Torii is a stone-cold professional who used to practice in front of mirrored
walls in dance studios. Almost as scary, in an opposite way.



Completely Unvarnished Miuki Torii
2012 JUL 06 by イカレポンチケイン (02:18)

Prepping for a guest spot on TV early in her career.
From a bonus disk included with her first performance DVD.

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There's hours of material on YouTube. Not all is very good, 
and none of it has subtitles. 


Douban actress profile with user submitted photos (CN):
m.douban.com/movie/celebrity/1314788/ 

Asian Wiki actress profile (EN):
asianwiki.com/Miyuki_Torii 

Nautiljon profile (FR):
www.nautiljon.com/people/torii+miyuki.html 

Wikipedia page (JP):
ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/鳥居みゆき 

CV page at the talent management company (JP):
www.sunmusic.org/profile/torii_miyuki.html 


Composite backgrounder:

Place of birth:  Japan, Akita Prefecture (grew up in Saitama Prefecture)
Date of birth:  1981-03-18
Star sign:  Pisces

Blood Type:  O
Height:  170cm
Shoes:  24.5cm
Favorite colors:  Red, black and white

Interests:  The Heart Sutra (Mahayana Buddhist scripture), meditation, paranoia, snacks

Skills:  Brake pumping, tissue tasting, mental calculation, verbal commitments

Distinguishing features:  Performs holding a teddybear, bites directly with the molars when eating. Smokes cigarettes.

Qualifications:  Commercial Bookkeeping Level 2, Industrial Bookkeeping Level 1, Soroban Level 2 (Japanese abacus)

Represented by:  Sun Music Production

Japanese comedian, actress, screenwriter and novelist.
When asked why she couldn't get to sleep, she answered "Because I still have insomnia from last time."

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Torii started working around 2000, when she was 19 or so. But she only got big when
she became a regular on the internet comedy talk/variety show GyaO! Jockey in 2007. 

Her job certifications are real. After high school, Torii went straight to a professional school
for comedians. Accounting job skills were her safety net, and yes, a commercial bookkeeper
is expected to know how to use an abacus for all four basic operations of arithmetic. 

Torii has given many interviews over the years, so a lot of random things about her are on the record. 

My favorite fact is that she's accomplished at unaided mental math and has logged
some official flash calculation times. Her best is said to be 0.6 seconds (can't verify).
Apparently the quick wit is quick all the time. 

Second favorite: she was a quiet, studious kid till age 14 when she first watched 
Aguirre, Wrath of God, Werner Herzog's maniacally ambitious movie about
maniacal ambition. When she saw Kaus Kinski raving "I am the Wrath of God!!"
she thought, maybe it would be interesting to try to be around the theater.

Isn't that perfect?

Third favorite: she dwells a lot on issues relating to life and death. Once she said
that ultimately what holds a performer back is simple fear of dying.


Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) - trailer (DE)
At YouTube (01:40)
youtu.be/eJDuicFyJPg


Aguirre, Wrath of God (1972) Full Film
by Werner Herzog - German w/English subtitles
At YouTube (01:30:26) (360p resolution)
youtu.be/g8ofb5vE8Sk