Pistol Opera

Pistol Opera is a 2001 Japanese film directed by Seijun Suzuki and starring Makiko Esumi.

Cast

Makiko Esumi as Miyuki Minazuki, a.k.a. Stray Cat, a.k.a. Killer No. 3
Sayoko Yamaguchi as Sayoko Uekyo
Kirin Kiki as Minazuki's grandmother
Mikijiro Hira as Goro Hanada, a.k.a. The Champ, a.k.a. the former Killer No. 1
Hanae Kan as Sayoko, the young girl
Kenji Sawada as Assassin NO.2
Jan Woudstra as Painless Surgeon, a.k.a. No. 5
Masatoshi Nagase as the Man in Black, a.k.a. Dark Horse
Haruko Kato as Shizuka Orikuchi
Production

Hanada is not played by Joe Shishido this time, but by Mikijiro Hira; Suzuki has said that the original intent was for Shishido to play the character again, but that the film's producer, Satoru Ogura, wanted Hira to play the character instead. The reasons for this are still unclear.

Reception