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1998 Japanese drama film directed by Teruo Ishii

Wind-Up Type (ねじ式, Nejishiki) is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Teruo Ishii. It is an adaptation of Tsuge Yoshiharu's 1967 manga Screw Style.

The film is Ishii's eighty-first film.^[1] It stars Tadanobu Asano and Miki Fujitani.

When asked "What is it about Tsuge's manga that makes you want to adapt them to film?", Ishii answered: "He shows the very poor side of society in Japan, that's what interests me."^[2]

Release and reception

The film has also been released under the title Screwed.^[3]

A review in Variety states that this "Story about a manga artist who goes on a 'Saragossa Manuscript'–like dream odyssey will leave most non-Japanese viewers baffled."^[4]

References

↑ "Wind-Up Type". www.fareastfilm.com (in Italian). Retrieved 2023-04-10.
↑ P, Miguel (2011). "Nihon Cine Art: Interview with Teruo Ishii". Nihon Cine Art. Retrieved 2024-02-09.
↑ "Review for Teruo Ishii's 'Screwed' (1998, aka 'Neji-Shiki', 'Wind-Up Type')". ScreenAnarchy. 2006-09-02. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
↑ Elley, Derek (2000-01-17). "Nejishiki: Wind-Up Type". Variety. Retrieved 2023-04-10.

Films directed by Teruo Ishii

Nude Actress Murder Case: Five Criminals (1957)
Abashiri Prison (1965)
Shogun's Joy of Torture (1968)
Horrors of Malformed Men (1968)
Orgies of Edo (1969)
Yakuza Law (1969)
Blind Woman's Curse (1970)
Bohachi Bushido: Code of the Forgotten Eight (1973)
Executioner (1974)
Tsuge Yoshiharu World: Gensenkan Shujin (1993)
Nejishiki: Wind-Up Type (1998)
Blind Beast vs. Dwarf (2001)

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