after own this film for nearly a year and i finally find the opportunity to watch it without my girlfriend be in the same room with me ( she couldn not get past kazuki tomokawa first ballad ) . do it help with my view enjoyment . that would be a definite yes . do it help me gain a good understanding of the story . that a very good question . i view izo a miike personal view of what society have become . facet of every class and organization and subculture within have grow apathetic and and there seem to be no hope . izo be the manifestation of a great anger and give birth by a world that he realize be no longer in need of his service . upon his death izo be forever damn to travel the earth and constantly drag through space and time and force to face either those who be out to destroy him or those who and like him and be seek answer to question which can rarely be answer . in the rare instance an answer be available and sometimes it not the one we want to hear . even if the answer in inevitable and it do not matter . sometimes there be no rhyme or reason to anything that happen in the world and and izo be fill with such rage over be betray and cast away and that the line between logic and irrationality becomes blur . in the end everyone a victim and yet theyre all guilty in some shape or form . izo be force to face that realization for all eternity and which may make some viewer debate over who the true protagonist of the movie be izo or the world ( the answer should be obvious and but . ) . most people i have speak to say they could not get into this film . every one i have speak to have compare it to koroshiya 1 or odishon and which be a mistake . this be not a film about the yakuza and and it certainly be not a movie that make fatal attraction look like sixteen candle . this be a political film while a piece of bloody eye candy with a congeal shell and but political nonetheless . still and it definitely worth watch . make no mistake and this be still a takashi miike film . all the trademark that accompany the bulk of his work be present . if you have see enough of his film ( or at least one ) and you would not be disappoint . just do not read too much into it . try to enjoy it for the great piece of work it be . positive .