Yeah, but I'd say most of his films aren't even like that. Most are lonely, sparse, quiet yakuza films. Just the ones that everyone knows are the overblown ones...
Al, I'd say his best is definitely Izo, it's a surreal and insane epic about a crucified samurai who travels through the underworld and becomes a demon. It's so poetic and beautiful that it's ridiculous.
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