| Why Don't You Play in Hell? | |
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| Directed by | Sion Sono |
| Written by | Sion Sono |
| Starring | Jun Kunimura Shinichi Tsutsumi Fumi Nikaidō Tomochika Hiroki Hasegawa Gen Hoshino |
| Cinematography | Hideo Yamamoto |
| Edited by | Jun'ichi Itô |
| Music by | Sion Sono |
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| Distributed by | King Record Co. and T-Joy (Japan) Drafthouse Films (United States) |
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Running time | 129 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
| Box office | $1,200,000[1] |
Why Don't You Play in Hell? (地獄でなぜ悪い, Jigoku de naze warui, literally What's so bad about hell?) is a 2013 Japanese film directed, written and scored by Sion Sono.[2][3]
The movie is an action film based on a screenplay written by Sono fifteen years earlier. North American distributor Drafthouse Films announced its acquisition before it made its world premiere at the 2013 Venice Film Festival, planning a 2014 release in theatres and VOD after its premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[4] At Toronto the film won the People's Choice Award in the Midnight Madness section.[5] It won the Audience Award at L’Étrange Festival in Paris the same year after a screening that was its French premiere.[6][7] Its main theme is the song of the same name, self-produced and written by film cast member Gen Hoshino.
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- ^ Jeremy Kay (2013-08-22). "Drafthouse Films to play in Hell". Screendaily. Retrieved 2017-12-27.
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- ^ "L'Etrange Festival 2016 - Sono Sion comme à la maison UniversCiné VoD – Articles, critiques, cinéma indépendant. Téléchargement Films, Vidéo à la demande". www.universcine.com. Retrieved 2023-05-09.