Cut (2011 film)

• Hidetoshi Nishijima as Shuji
• Takako Tokiwa as Yoko
• Takashi Sasano as Hiroshi
• Shun Sugata as Masaki
• Denden as Takagaki
• Takuji Suzuki as Nakamichi

Cut was initially inspired by the director Amir Naderi's relationship with the late John Cassavetes. After he met the actor Hidetoshi Nishijima at the Tokyo Filmex festival in 2002, he decided to adapt the story to Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/5298/Amir-Naderi-the-interview |title=Amir Naderi: the interview |work=Time Out Tokyo |author=James Hadfield |date=17 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130517121143/http://www.timeout.jp/en/tokyo/feature/5298/Amir-Naderi-the-interview |archivedate=2013-05-17 }}

Neil Young of The Hollywood Reporter described Cut as "Amir Naderi's violent homage to Japanese cinema".{{cite web|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/review/cut-venice-film-review-230770|title=Cut: Venice Film Review|work=The Hollywood Reporter|author=Neil Young|date=2 September 2011}} Dan Fainaru of Screen International felt that the film is "certainly one of the most significant to come out this year in Venice, both in shape and content."{{cite web|url=http://www.screendaily.com/reviews/the-latest/cut/5031519.article|title=Cut - Review - Screen |website=Screen Daily|publisher=Screen International|author=Dan Fainaru|date=2 September 2011}} Chris Cabin of Slant Magazine gave the film 2 out of 4 stars. He commented that Shuji might be "the most convincingly pretentious and frustrated cinephile to ever be portrayed on film" and Hidetoshi Nishijima is "admirable in conveying Shuji's caustic misanthropy without making him entirely unlikable."{{cite web|url=http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/review/cut/6223|title=Cut - Film Review - Slant Magazine|work=Slant Magazine|author=Chris Cabin|date=23 April 2012}} Meanwhile, Ben Umstead of Twitch Film criticized the film, noting that the film's climax is "so cinema-indulgent that it may perhaps only be tolerated by a cinephile that can knowingly take it in with a sense of humor and a great sense of empathy... and a lot in between."{{cite web|url=http://twitchfilm.com/2012/04/tribeca-2012-review-cut.html|title=Tribeca 2012 Review: Amir Naderi's CUT And The Healing Power of Cinema|website=Twitch Film|author=Ben Umstead|date=26 April 2012|access-date=6 January 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130526143851/http://twitchfilm.com/2012/04/tribeca-2012-review-cut.html|archive-date=26 May 2013|url-status=dead}}

Mark Shilling of The Japan Times gave the film 3.5 out of 5 stars. He said: "As stills from some of Naderi's 100 favorites flash on the screen amid the blows and blood, Cut becomes not only a paean to beloved films, but also a rallying cry against the forces of greed and cynicism. The ultra violence, however, threatens to drown out the message. [...] Despite the many shout-outs to Japanese directors in Cut, from Akira Kurosawa to Takeshi Kitano, Naderi is not simply the latest foreigner trying to make a fake 'Japanese movie.' Instead he has made a Naderi movie, using Japanese cinema as an inspiration, while referencing the local culture's traditional love of the self-sacrificial hero."{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/text/ff20111216a3.html|title='Cut'|work=The Japan Times|author=Mark Schilling|date=16 December 2011}}

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