# Wind-Up Type

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{{Short description|1998 Japanese drama film directed by Teruo Ishii}}
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{{nihongo|'''''Wind-Up Type'''''|ねじ式|Nejishiki}} is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by [Teruo Ishii](/source/Teruo_Ishii). It is an adaptation of [Tsuge Yoshiharu](/source/Yoshiharu_Tsuge)'s 1967 manga ''[Screw Style](/source/Screw_Style)''.

== Production ==
The film is Ishii's eighty-first film.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wind-Up Type |url=https://www.fareastfilm.com/eng/archive/2002/wind-up-type/?IDLYT=15535 |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=www.fareastfilm.com |language=it}}</ref> It stars [Tadanobu Asano](/source/Tadanobu_Asano) and [Miki Fujitani](/source/Miki_Fujitani).

When asked "What is it about Tsuge's manga that makes you want to adapt them to film?", Ishii answered: "He shows the very poor side of society in Japan, that's what interests me."<ref>{{Cite web |last=P |first=Miguel |date=2011 |title=Nihon Cine Art: Interview with Teruo Ishii |url=http://eigageijutsu.blogspot.com/2011/02/interview-with-teruo-ishii.html |access-date=2024-02-09 |website=Nihon Cine Art}}</ref>

== Release and reception ==
The film has also been released under the title '''''Screwed'''''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2006-09-02 |title=Review for Teruo Ishii's 'Screwed' (1998, aka 'Neji-Shiki', 'Wind-Up Type'). |url=https://screenanarchy.com/2006/09/review-for-teruo-ishiis-screwed-1998-aka-neji-shiki-wind-up-type.html |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=ScreenAnarchy}}</ref>

A review in ''[Variety](/source/Variety_(magazine))'' states that this "Story about a manga artist who goes on a '[Saragossa Manuscript](/source/Saragossa_Manuscript)'–like dream odyssey will leave most non-Japanese viewers baffled."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Elley |first=Derek |date=2000-01-17 |title=Nejishiki: Wind-Up Type |url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/nejishiki-wind-up-type-1200460314/ |access-date=2023-04-10 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>

== References ==
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{{Teruo Ishii}}
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Category:Films directed by Teruo Ishii

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