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964 Pinocchio
964 Pinocchio (Japanese: ピノキオ√964, Hepburn: Pinokio√964; lit. 'Pinocchio√964'), released in the United Kingdom as Screams of Blasphemy, is a 1991 Japanese cyberpunk-horror film directed by Shozin Fukui.
964 Pinocchio is a memory-wiped sex-slave cyborg who is disposed of by his owners for failing to maintain an erection. He is discovered by Himiko, a homeless girl, while wandering aimlessly through the city. Himiko has also been memory-wiped, but remains fully functional. She spends her days drawing maps of the city to aid other amnesiac people.
Himiko takes Pinocchio home and tries to teach him to speak. After much effort, he has a breakthrough and finally becomes aware of his situation. Himiko and Pinocchio kiss and become physically intimate, triggering something in both of them. Pinocchio's body erupts in an inexplicable metamorphosis, spewing blood, pus, and vomit. This occurrence allows Himiko's memories to return. Meanwhile, Pinocchio’s head director, accompanied by his secretary, plots to kill him.
Himiko pretends to help Pinocchio post-metamorphosis, but later forcefeeds him trash before shackling him to a pyramidal concrete block. Back at her house, she tortures him, accompanied by a partner (who was tasked by the head director to find Pinocchio). Pinocchio eventually regains his memories and escapes, running through the streets at high-speed as crowds of horrified civilians watch.
Himiko teams up with Pinocchio's developers in attempt to put an end on his destructive reign. Pinocchio reaches the factory where he was built and confronts his developers. The head director shouts that Pinocchio must die. Pinocchio disembowels him before running off, leaving his horrified secretary and partner behind. The secretary starts uncontrollably convulsing. Later, Pinocchio finds Himiko, who commands him to tear off his face, but tears off her own face instead, revealing a large stone-like head. Enraged, Pinocchio rips her head off her shoulders and places it over his own. The two fuse into a singular entity and declare that they love being together.
964 Pinocchio was created on a low-budget using guerrilla-filmmaking techniques, with scenes filmed in Tokyo utilizing reactions from real crowds of people. The team had to get permits for most of the scenes filmed on the streets. The famous scene of Pinocchio parting a crowd of people while running through Tokyo was shot in Shinjuku in a pedestrianised area. According to Fukui, it was one of the few scenes filmed in the city without a permit due to the crew being legally bound to shoot off the road.
After working on Tetsuo the Iron Man as an assistant director, Fukui was encouraged by director friend Sogo Ishii to direct a feature. After working on special effects and editing for Ishii's 1989 short film,The Master of Shiatsu, Shozin would finally have an idea for a story which would later become known to be 964 Pinocchio.
According to an interview with Fukui on the 88 Films Blu-ray release, the script was written while he was homeless.
964 Pinocchio
964 Pinocchio (Japanese: ピノキオ√964, Hepburn: Pinokio√964; lit. 'Pinocchio√964'), released in the United Kingdom as Screams of Blasphemy, is a 1991 Japanese cyberpunk-horror film directed by Shozin Fukui.
964 Pinocchio is a memory-wiped sex-slave cyborg who is disposed of by his owners for failing to maintain an erection. He is discovered by Himiko, a homeless girl, while wandering aimlessly through the city. Himiko has also been memory-wiped, but remains fully functional. She spends her days drawing maps of the city to aid other amnesiac people.
Himiko takes Pinocchio home and tries to teach him to speak. After much effort, he has a breakthrough and finally becomes aware of his situation. Himiko and Pinocchio kiss and become physically intimate, triggering something in both of them. Pinocchio's body erupts in an inexplicable metamorphosis, spewing blood, pus, and vomit. This occurrence allows Himiko's memories to return. Meanwhile, Pinocchio’s head director, accompanied by his secretary, plots to kill him.
Himiko pretends to help Pinocchio post-metamorphosis, but later forcefeeds him trash before shackling him to a pyramidal concrete block. Back at her house, she tortures him, accompanied by a partner (who was tasked by the head director to find Pinocchio). Pinocchio eventually regains his memories and escapes, running through the streets at high-speed as crowds of horrified civilians watch.
Himiko teams up with Pinocchio's developers in attempt to put an end on his destructive reign. Pinocchio reaches the factory where he was built and confronts his developers. The head director shouts that Pinocchio must die. Pinocchio disembowels him before running off, leaving his horrified secretary and partner behind. The secretary starts uncontrollably convulsing. Later, Pinocchio finds Himiko, who commands him to tear off his face, but tears off her own face instead, revealing a large stone-like head. Enraged, Pinocchio rips her head off her shoulders and places it over his own. The two fuse into a singular entity and declare that they love being together.
964 Pinocchio was created on a low-budget using guerrilla-filmmaking techniques, with scenes filmed in Tokyo utilizing reactions from real crowds of people. The team had to get permits for most of the scenes filmed on the streets. The famous scene of Pinocchio parting a crowd of people while running through Tokyo was shot in Shinjuku in a pedestrianised area. According to Fukui, it was one of the few scenes filmed in the city without a permit due to the crew being legally bound to shoot off the road.
After working on Tetsuo the Iron Man as an assistant director, Fukui was encouraged by director friend Sogo Ishii to direct a feature. After working on special effects and editing for Ishii's 1989 short film,The Master of Shiatsu, Shozin would finally have an idea for a story which would later become known to be 964 Pinocchio.
According to an interview with Fukui on the 88 Films Blu-ray release, the script was written while he was homeless.