Updates, Live: VERSUS on youTube

VERSUS, made in 2000 by Ryûhei Kitamura: a great cult, for many reasons: it's insane (VERSUS means Zombies fighting VERSUS Yakuza, you've got the point); it's irreverent to anybody and anything, including all cult and horror clichés; it completely humiliates our sense of logic. And its breathing freshness: it's a low-budget movie made by enthusiast youngsters for enthusiast youngsters. You should read the interview that Ryûhei Kitamura gave to Midnight Eye to enter a bit in his universe.

A mention for Tak Sakaguchi in the lead role: a street fighter who gave up fighting on the streets to fight in cult movies. This was his first role.

And another mention for Yûdai Yamaguchi, who co-authored the screenplay. I met with him firstly in Yume jû-ya (Ten Nights of Dreams), where he directed the last vignette: as crazy as this movie is, and more! I saw then Jigoku kôshien (Battlefield Baseball): director Yûdai Yamaguchi, lead role Taki Sakaguchi, co-producer Ryûhei Kitamura. Honestly, I liked more VERSUS.

I found a youTube copy of VERSUS; I'm afraid it's not the best copy, anyway the English subtitling sucks: it is totally out of synch with what you hear.