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19

  • 2000
  • 1h 23m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
583
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19 (2000)
Dark ComedyComedyCrimeDrama

Stylish road movie in which a kidnapped youth becomes friends with his abductors.Stylish road movie in which a kidnapped youth becomes friends with his abductors.Stylish road movie in which a kidnapped youth becomes friends with his abductors.

  • Director
    • Kazushi Watanabe
  • Writers
    • Kazushi Watanabe
    • Kazushi Watanabe
  • Stars
    • Daijirô Kawaoka
    • Kazushi Watanabe
    • Takeo Noro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.9/10
    583
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Kazushi Watanabe
    • Writers
      • Kazushi Watanabe
      • Kazushi Watanabe
    • Stars
      • Daijirô Kawaoka
      • Kazushi Watanabe
      • Takeo Noro
    • 4User reviews
    • 17Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Daijirô Kawaoka
    • Usami
    • (as Daijiro Kawaoka)
    Kazushi Watanabe
    Kazushi Watanabe
    • Yokohama
    Takeo Noro
    • Chiba
    Ryo Shinmyo
    • Kobe
    Masashi Endô
    • Happy
    Nachi Nozawa
    • Police-Man
    • Director
      • Kazushi Watanabe
    • Writers
      • Kazushi Watanabe
      • Kazushi Watanabe
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    7meteoraxv

    A bit weird

    Movie was a bit weird. Plot is nothing really worth mentioning. Definitely not story of the year-material. But it was a fun watch.

    Some guy riding his bike gets picked up by a group of youths. I say "group", because "gang" isn't really the right word. Just a bunch of totally random guys, each one a weirdo in his own right.

    Anyways, the guys take him into their "group", and they continue cruising around in their (stolen) car. They turn out to be a bunch of layabouts, not really doing anything useful for society other than effing over some people for money and just going here and there in more stolen cars. They're not really dangerous criminals though, just some idle juveniles.

    The main character doesn't have a clue WTF is going on, neither do we, the audience. And it stays that way until the very end. Oh, and after the end.

    It was a nice watch, though. Just some guys chilling. Nice film to watch on a hot summer day with a beer and some buddies.

    I recognize the guy from Boogiepop and Others here, always nice seeing a familiar face from a good movie in a another good movie! 7*
    8sven_schmalfuss

    Dead Man in Japanese

    The whole film always reminded me of Jim Jarmusch`s Masterpiece. The use of the music (especially the always present guitar), the eposodical style of the scenes. The fine but sometimes very black humor. The few but very stylistic dialogues. Even technical it looked very much like "Dead Man". But it isn`t an ugly copy, it`s really nice, and very "cool".

    8 out of 10
    7Matt73

    Simple But Nice Road Movie

    According to the director, this movie is based on his own life story. However, I personally doubt it. In this movie, his character is actually someone who acts like a leader of a group of three. One day, they decide to kidnap a young man, just out of the blue.

    The story then revolves around these four people. They go to supermarket to steal, go to arcade, and finally go to the beach. The incidents that happen to them are told in a documentary style and they look like unconnected fragments. But somehow the story flows quite nicely.

    There is not much action in this movie, but somehow it is nice, a simple but nice road movie.

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • December 5, 2002 (Germany)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • 19(2001)
    • Production company
      • Gaga
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    • Budget
      • $300,000 (estimated)
    • Gross worldwide
      • $355,447
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 23 minutes
    • Color
      • Color

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