Gozu

Gozu is one of the weirdest films I’ve ever watched. Director Takashi Miike takes what starts as a yakuza story and turns it into complete madness. It’s funny, disturbing, and confusing all at the same time. I’m not sure I fully understood it, but I couldn’t look away.

The story follows Minami, a young yakuza who’s told to kill his senior Ozaki. Ozaki has been acting crazy, killing a small dog because he thinks it’s a threat. During their trip to dispose of him, an accident kills Ozaki instead. But when Minami steps away for a minute, the body disappears. That’s when things get really strange.

As Minami searches for the body, everyone he meets feels completely off. There’s a woman obsessed with her breast milk, a man with half a white face, and conversations that repeat like broken records. It sounds like random nonsense, but Miike makes it feel like a nightmare you can’t wake up from. The horror isn’t about blood or violence. It’s about how wrong everything feels.

The strangest part happens near the end when Minami meets a mysterious woman who might actually be Ozaki reborn. She knows things only Ozaki would know. Their scenes together are deeply uncomfortable and lead to one of the most shocking endings I’ve ever seen. I just sat there staring at the screen, not sure whether to laugh or be horrified.

Watching Gozu is like walking through someone’s fever dream. It’s slow and full of moments that make zero sense, but that’s exactly what makes it fascinating. The empty streets, the weird hotel, the bizarre characters keep playing in my head days later. This isn’t a movie you enjoy. It’s a movie you experience. Strange, fearless, and totally unforgettable.