Survive Style 5+ 4K 2004 Ultra HD 2160p

It’s strange—I downloaded this movie last year, but I only noticed it now. When I clicked “Play,” I never expected to see what I saw. The movie is extremely simple, though it doesn’t seem that way at first.

A husband and his dying wife. Family conflicts are nothing new; marriage is a very difficult thing, which is why people often go to extremes. Japan is a country where people rent friends. Japan is a country of people who are lonely by necessity. Japan was chosen as a symbol of loneliness in Sofia Coppola’s film *Lost in Translation*—it was in this land of melancholy that Bill Murray’s character found a kindred spirit. Is this salvation? Gen Sekiguchi drew a very clear line between madness and the search for meaning. Although when asked, “Why kill your wife?” he didn’t answer directly… he merely hinted at it.

The director of a large (presumably) company, with a foolish wife—a symbol of extravagance and stupidity. The greatest absurdity is human stupidity.

A group of three robbers—undoubtedly the embodiment of all wayward youth. Youth who see a marginal lifestyle as the right way to start. However, they also resort to emotions. But what’s the point if it’s already too late?

A hired killer. Vinnie Jones’s character is truly one of a kind. An intellectual hitman who judges a person by how they answer the question, “What is the meaning of life?” (in a veiled way, of course). And why not—isn’t that a way to weed people out? And by the way, note that money isn’t the most important thing to this man at all. Like all hitmen of this sort, he’s a professional, accustomed to doing his job flawlessly. There’s nothing new here, but the way it was all presented—simply superb.

Advertising specialist—for some reason, Vavilen Tatarsky immediately comes to mind, with his sharp mind, always creating ads everywhere he went. Apparently, all advertisers are like that. Life is intertwined with work, and work is intertwined with life. A typical example of a workaholic—of whom there are plenty in the world.

An ordinary family—to be honest, I didn’t notice any satire or profound ideas here. I have absolutely no idea what the director was trying to say with these characters. Perhaps “bird flu” is a form of liberation? Recall the scene where the father was playing with his child. Or perhaps the opposite—a harmful habit, like alcohol, for example.

The film is also overflowing with all sorts of small, puzzling symbols and metaphors—such as a horse running across a painting while it was flying; a red room with eyes; a family riding in a car, moving in time with the rhythm of a song; commercials; and much more. The director is quite talented—he managed to combine a Western narrative structure with local symbols.