Milocrorze: A Love Story

In “Milocrorze” we follow three different stories which, though seemingly unrelated at first, find themselves tangled under a colourful, sparkling pop wrapper. A 7-year-old with orange hair lives in a fantasy world, where he falls in love with an attractive young woman. A man working at a hotline as a relationship consultant insults the clients calling for his opinion. An one-eyed samurai arrives at a luxurious brothel and casino to look for his lost wife, kidnapped some years ago. Wildly hilarious, insidiously misanthropic, but essentially a love story, “Milorcroze: A Love Story” is a film which dares to tightrope between genres and ultimately finds the balance. A flashy explosion of creativity and style from Japan, with influences from the country’s culture, the American action films, music videos and Kurosawa, by way of the schizoid Yoshimasa Ishibashi.

Original Title: Mirokurôze

Director: Yoshimasa Ishibashi

Screenwriter: Yoshimasa Ishibashi

DoP: Katsuharu Oyamada

Music: Yuko Ikoma Kosuke Shimizu Osamu Kubota

Editor: Yoshimasa Ishibashi

Principal Cast: Takayuki Yamada Maiko Anna Ishibashi Seijun Suzuki

Country: Japan

Year: 2011

Running Time: 95'

Language: Japanese