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Summary
The film concerns the theme of self-imposed limitation and continues Matthew Barney's interest in religious rite, this time focusing on Shinto.
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Audiences like it more than critics (+11)
Critics 61Audiences 72GoodWatch 65
Metascore61
Tomatometer60%
User score8.5
Audience score68%
IMDb6.4
Running time
2 h 15 min
Longer than 9 in 10 fantasy movies, +35 min on the typical 100
typical 100135Half of all fantasy movies run 91–114 min.
Released
2006
February 11, 2006
20 years ago
Genre
FantasyLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Also spoken
EnglishIcelandicMade in
Japan
and 2 more13 people
- SAShigeru AkahoriBarber
- Matthew BarneyOccidental Guest
- BjörkOccidental Guest
- NANaomi ArakiAma
- MMMayumi MiyataSho Player
- Yoshio HaradaFlensing Desk Crew
- SKShinya KimuraFlensing Desk Crew
- Jun NaitoFlensing Desk Crew
- Takashi NishinaFlensing Desk Crew
- MTMakoto TanakaFlensing Desk Crew
- SYShunichi YamaguchiFlensing Desk Crew
- TOToshiaki OzawaPetrolatam Spirit
- SYShizue YamamotoBathhouse Spirit
Directing · 1
- Matthew Barney Director, Writer, Editor
Camera · 1
- Peter Strietmann Director of Photography, Editor
Editing · 2
- Luis Alvarez y Alvarez Editor
- Christopher Seguine Editor
Sound · 1
- Björk Original Music Composer
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Film 3 of 8 · after Drawing Restraint 7 · then DRAWING RESTRAINT 13: Instrument of Surrender
Film 1
Film 2
- Drawing Restraint 9 (2006)
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Film 4
- Drawing Restraint 17 (2010)
GoodWatch score 41Film 5
Film 6
Film 7
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