by far one of the odd and yet most brilliant movie of 2004. five separate story lead by each story own bizarre set of character and end up tie together in a set of unusual consequence . fantastic cinematography and characterization and and story . this movie be truly one of kind . other movie contain the basic storyline of character life tie together in unusual consequence and such a magnolia and can not compare to the charm survive style 5 plus have . from director and gen sekiguchi and who direct commercial of his own ( those who have see the movie know what i be refer to ) in japan prior to survive style 5 plus . the movie contain brilliant color and especially in aman mansion . magnificent color of bright blue and red and and green make the movie worth turn your head for straight from the beginning . some of the character include aman ( tadanobu asano ) who be fantastic in the role of a silent killer . murder his wife only to have her stirring in her grave for revenge . a game show hit call viva friend host by an awkward man with strange behavior who be able to hypnotize his audience and only to be murder by a foreign hit man ( vinnie jones ) . an everyday family have an obsession with the game show viva friend which only lead to their father be hypnotize into thinking he be a bird . upon the hypnotist death and the dad be unable to recover from his hypnotism and and be force to be bird dad from then on . a young group of miscreant thieve neighborhood house while still entertain those watch the movie with their humorous conversation and and relationship between the trio . finally a woman name yoko who create commercial for several company such a one lead by kazama and the advertising company president ( shinichi chiba ) that distribute aspirin pill . her commercial have a bizarre joke tone to them and and most of the commercial end up be reject due to the lack of understanding of what the product actually do for the consumer . how the story pull off tie each other together be truly brilliant . definitely a great end the movie deserve and but i will let you see that for yourself . anyone who can laugh at bizarre situation and and conversation will love the dialogue and the movie altogether . 8 . 5/10 .