Synopsis

Based on a novel by Shimako Iwai, an American named (Billy Drago) is looking for his lost love named Komomo (Michie) in a small town in Japan filled with prostitutes with the hopes of bringing her back to America. He meets a fellow prostitute who tells the American about Komomo’s fate. The American refuses to believe her story ands prys until he finds out the truth, which he really, really doesn’t want to know.

Official Review

It has been a long, long time since I’ve spoke of the great Takashi Miike with much enthusiasm, being that I haven’t been impressed by his work in over two years. Today I had the great pleasure of watching his entry in Showtime’s ‘Masters of Horror’ anthology, which is entitled ‘Imprint’. This is the first time since his masterpiece ‘Gozu’ that I’ve been this disturbed by a film. It’s too bad that he was forced to shoot the film in English instead of using subtitles because this truly is lost in translation. …Read More