Getting Any?

Getting Any?

Year: 1994

Runtime: 108 mins

Language: Japanese

Comedy

While pursuing his dream of having car sex, a goofy middle-aged man makes all the wrong moves and ends up enrolling in a number of crazy escapades.

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Timeline & Setting – Getting Any? (1994)

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Location

Saitama Prefecture, Kawaguchi City, Tokyo

The events unfold in the Tokyo metropolitan area, beginning in Saitama Prefecture where Asao lives with his grandfather, and moving through Kawaguchi City and central Tokyo. The urban landscape provides the backdrop for his obsession with cars and the social experiments he conducts to attract women. Street scenes, dealership showrooms, and urban neighborhoods frame a comedy of manners and misadventures.

🏙️ Urban 🚗 Car culture 🌆 Suburban Tokyo

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Main Characters – Getting Any? (1994)

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Asao (Dankan)

A naive and goofy man who is embarrassingly inexperienced with women but obsessed with sex. His fixation on cars as a shortcut to romance launches a string of ridiculous schemes that pull him into the yakuza world and other surreal misadventures.

😂 Comedy 🚗 Car obsession

Asao's Mother (Tokie Hidari)

A protective mother figure who anchors the family dynamics and seasons Asao's antics with concern and warmth. She embodies traditional values while reacting to her son's reckless experiments.

💖 Family 🤝 Support

Asao's Younger Sister (Misayo Haruki)

A sibling who provides a pragmatic counterpoint to Asao's fantasies. She witnesses his schemes with a mix of care and humor, reflecting the film's domestic side.

👧 Family 😂 Comedy

Bank Manager (Akira Kubo)

A calm, businesslike figure who represents the financial gatekeeping behind Asao's plans. His interactions reveal the economic pressures that fuel impulsive decisions.

💼 Finance 🗝️ Power

Doctor (Hideo Higashikokubaru)

A medical professional who appears in the film's more surreal sequences. He embodies the clinical absurdity that underpins the plot's bizarre transformations.

🏥 Medical 🧪 Science

Head Yakuza 1 (Tetsuya Yuuki)

An aging yakuza boss who anchors the criminal underworld within the story. His presence drags Asao deeper into a world of crime and danger.

🗾 Crime 🥷 Yakuza

Head Yakuza 2 (Yuuji Minakata)

Another senior yakuza figure who complicates Asao's misadventures and adds to the film's chaotic criminal ecosystem.

🗡️ Crime 🌀 Chaos

Injured Yakuza (Susumu Terajima)

A wounded gangster encountered during the film's episodic chaos, used to punctuate the danger and absurdity of Asao's journey.

💥 Violence 🕶️ Gang

Scientist (Takeshi Kitano)

A scientist who features in the movie's quirky, surreal transformations. He represents the film's blend of science fiction and carnival-like comedy.

🧪 Science 🧠 Thinker

Scientist's Assistant (Makoto Ashikawa)

An assistant to the scientist who participates in the experiments and amplifies the film's chaotic energy with comic timing.

🧰 Assistant 🧪 Science

Lupin (Yūrei Yanagi)

A mysterious, roguish presence introduced in the film's pop-culture collage. His appearances contribute to the film's sense of mischief and murky identity.

🎭 Mystery 🦊 Rogue

Chief of World Defence Force (Akiji Kobayashi)

A bureaucratic, high-ranking official included in the sprawling cast, adding a satirical edge to the film's global-security parody.

🌐 Satire 🛡️ Authority

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Major Themes – Getting Any? (1994)

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🚗 Materialism

The film satirizes consumer culture by equating car ownership with sexual power. Asao naively thinks purchasing a luxury car will help him attract women, while the reality is that social skills and sincerity matter more. The showroom fantasies and the dealer's manipulation highlight the hollow promise of status symbols. The pursuit of the perfect car becomes a social comedy that critiques material obsession.

🪞 Identity

Asao experiments with borrowed personas—ranging from yakuza to Zatoichi to a fly-man—exposing how easily identity can be constructed or consumed. The film uses these transformations to mock the clichés of porn-inspired fantasies and pop-culture icons. Each disguise reveals a mismatch between image and real self, and ultimately questions the value of image over authenticity. The chaotic shifts explore the fragility and performativity of identity.

🗡️ Crime

Asao's adventures drift into criminal territory, from stealing cars to planning an armed robbery, satirizing criminal fantasies. His flirtations with the yakuza and other criminal figures lead to surreal and violent misadventures that are treated with dark humor. The film juxtaposes the allure of crime with its consequences, culminating in a farcical pursuit ending at Tokyo Tower. The tone uses crime as a device to critique desire, masculinity, and recklessness.

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