Leave it to Japan to mess with a classic children's fairy tale. Of course, as we learn when we get older, there is some twisted elements to them. These guys just amp those up and make you feel even more awkward. Please enjoy...
964 Pinocchio
You're scared already, aren't you? Well, be afraid-be very afraid. Since I do so much writing already, I'm going to bow briefly to Wikipedia here...
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"Released in 1991, 964 Pinocchio Japanese Cyberpunk film is filmmaker Shozin Fukui's big cyberpunk anthem. It deals with the theme of brain-modified sex slaves as well as mental breakdowns in a hallucinogenic thrill ride."
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Yeah, this is real. Much like the animated version of 'Titanic', we almost wish it wasn't. No amount of wishing will work this time, kids. In fairness, it is not the first time that Pinocchio has been sent to the future or been made creepy. Even so, this is another level. More Wikipedia, since I don't want to stain my hands any more.
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"Pinocchio 964 is a memory-wiped sex slave who is thrown out by his owners for failure to maintain an erection. It is unclear in what ways he has been modified beyond having no memory and being unable to communicate."
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Even I'm a little speechless. Take note of this historical event for the one time it will happen. Lesbian schoolgirls fighting zombies or anthropomorphic businessmen are nothing, but this...wow. The idea of this alone haunts my dreams a little. Even the brave writers at Wikipedia are afraid to say too much about it. After two paragraphs of plot, we get this...
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"After that, it gets weird."
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Gee, thanks for the information guys. So yeah, this is a strange movie that even I barely want to touch with 3,000,000,000-foot pole. Yeah, that was a little Freudian there. It should be noted that the director of this film worked on Tetsuo: The Iron Man as part of the crew and followed this film up a few years later with, seriously, Rubber's Lover. Yeah, I'm going to pass, thank you.
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More Japanese insanity to come. How can I top this? Two words: cloned finger. Stay tuned...
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