Do yourself a favour and order this now.
 

His sister, and the amazing Tony Leung Chi-Wai as his pimp/lover, are important characters too.

It's very colorful, psychedelic, even, in some parts at least.

It's a powerful movie, and though it has a couple of sad things in it, it's not a sad film per se.

I cannot put it into words, this a beautiful film and deserves a place in any Asian-cinema lover's collection.
 

It's got a bit more gore and comedy that your average Kitano flick, but it's a very, very entertainig piece of cinema with great acting and story.
 

Well, one thing I'm still wondering is why, when bodies are ripped appart by some mysterious power-sword, it looks like they had white flour instead of blood.

Other than that, I found this film to be quite boring and...well one of the worst korean films i've ever seen.

But hey, it's not that bad, I gave it one star just for not being "Ultraviolet".
 

I won't bore you with the details, suffice it to say, I never regreted my purchase of the pricey UK version of this film.