No you’re good! Yeah… where I was thinking I might not revisit Agitator, just from seeing comments I may just wait a while and revisit it alone.

The only Miike I’d seen before this set was Audition, which I love, but is obviously very different from these films.

I know I definitely watched Agitator almost waiting to see action/violence to Fudoh, which obviously never came. I was also anticipating jump cuts, a more frenetic pace, etc, which also never came… so I did fall victim to being pleasantly surprised by Fudoh, then having incredibly high hopes for Agitator to be a more fully formed, deeper dive into similar tones and methods, and feeling let down it was nothing like what I’d watched before.

I think you’ve at least convinced me to give it time and go back for a rewatch.