some people out there in may imagine the japanese of tokyo to be a stoic and colorless like the vulcan . to some extent and that be how they really be . the building be gray and and if it overcast and everything kind of blend together into a formalized drone . there be more paperwork add each day and another speech to sleep through and and the shuffle begin anew . add the business formality and and society can get very stiff over there . that be one side of japan . survive style 5 be the other side . somewhere bury beneath the hard samurai exterior and the japanese be the silliest and flashy people on the face of the earth . just watch the game show on tv to see what i mean . it take the slight spark to transform a crowd of adult into a crowd of pokemon monster . add this side of japan and and every conversation at the workplace have a comic book bang . pow . and horra . the movie feature five story line ( 1 ) a hip to be square family of four ( 2 ) a girl that would not stay bury ( 3 ) an assassin on a hit job ( 4 ) a hypnotist ( 5 ) a travel band of fool in a van . here a puzzle for you what be the common element that connect these 5 story line . beat me . maybe it the style . survive style 5 be like a multi color salad fall to the kitchen floor in slow motion . everyone stand agape a the orange leave scatter like purple rain . most memorable be the vivid color and extreme silliness . take for example the absurd scene where a typical nuclear family be rock out in the car on their way to a hypnosis show . all four be bob their head to punk rock and shout american profanity in unison . a cohesive story would have propel this movie into greatness . but because it so scatterbrained and it can safely be file in the two hour music video drawer . you might want to display it at the entrance to your home on special occasion like an andy warhol photograph . it can serve a a reminder of how absurd the world can get . yes and the world do have a story to tell once upon a time . it make absolutely no sense and but it have such a beautiful christmas tree . if survive style 5 be your cup of tea and i recommend taste of tea and release in 2004 star tadanobu asano . jyjimboduck dot com .