Talk:Gozu

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Thanks User:Counterrestrial for expanding this article and adding alot of new information; your work is greatly appreciated. - User:Schwenkstar June 05, 2006.

Outtake with soup ladle[edit]

“Soup Ladle” – In which a yakuza boss utilizes a culinary instrument in an unsavory manner.

That is a quote from the article. Come now, we can do better than that. Wikipedia is not censored. Just what was done with the culinary instrument, and what was the culinary instrument in precise fact? -- Cimon Avaro; on a pogostick. 03:37, 28 September 2006 (UTC)[reply]

82.0.24.133 22:57, 17 December 2006 (UTC) i corrected this and wrote exactly what was going on with it and it got removed and i recieved a message telling me i was vandalising it. thanks a lot, i was only tryingto contribute but now i dont think ill ever bother again. noobs.[reply]

Well yeah, I can see how someone who hasn't seen the film would construe that as vandalism. You could've just explained the situation to the person reverting you. In any case, I reverted back to your version since it's more in line with what actually happens in the film. - Bobet 00:07, 18 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Themes and symbolism[edit]

A really interesting section and I was pleased to see that it concurred with some of the thoughts I had while I recently watched the film for the first time.

However, how much of it constitutes original research? I'd have thought just the mentioning of some of the recurring symbols plus what Miike himself has actually said about them would be what a wiki article needs. Calindreams (talk) 11:51, 26 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Literal Title[edit]

Gokudou is another word for yakuza, although it has other meanings, like immoral or wicked, as well. The title is at least a double meaning incorporating the yakuza meaning. In fact, the most convincing translation is probably the one on the poster: Yakuza Horror Theater.

Expansion[edit]

This article is way too short and should be expanded in more detail starting with the plot and production.--Paleface Jack (talk) 19:33, 28 February 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gozu sources[edit]

The two main sources on "Gozu" seem less than ideal. The first is a hard-to-come-by paper that, as far as I've been able to tell, is primarily about the film with only seemingly a small section about the urban legend and the Cracked article is...well...it's Cracked, a low-research humor site. It unsurprisingly lacks any sources as well.

I guess I can dig around for more reliable sources but I wouldn't know the best places to look.--Amelia-the-comic-geek (talk) 15:31, 10 February 2023 (UTC)[reply]