when a bomber and a patricide and a pornographer and and a mad biker and together with various other form of social scum and have have enough of their sh infest cell and they spot a rat and look for the hole . escape from the sewage the group of 9 soul and take advantage of their new find freedom and head for civilization . what soon follow be not surprising . complete mayhem and terror follow in their wake . it seem that each have some unfinished business to take care of . loosely base on the great escape and 9 soul be by far in the top 5 best film i have see this year . run at right around 2 hour 9 soul will deliver a story so powerful it will literally leave you breathless . the beautiful and yet subtle and use of the rolling country side add the realism that be expect from this story . the vision of director toshiaki toyoda ( blue spring and porno star ) and be completely mind boggling a he implement a sense of pity towards the character . as quickly a each character grasp their dream and it as quick a it tear from them . now and all responsibility of the success of this film should not fall solely on the shoulder of the director and yet prop must go to the actor as well . this film be full of excellent act from top to bottom . ryuhei matsuda ( the son of miyuki matsuda of audition ) deliver a stellar performance and and seem to bring some of his mother eeriness to the screen . i must give prop to artsmagic dvd as well . this be the 6th film of theirs i have see now and and they seem to get good and good each dvd . the sound quality be perfect and the picture while clean and crisp . it very annoy try to watch a film that be too dark in transfer and so the disc from thesis cat be nice . bottom line be this film will soon receive masterpiece status by viewer world wide . keep an eye out in 2005 for 9 soul while it really amaze film to watch .