Asian Cinema {Films From The Far East}
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lingered last in line for brains and the one she got was sorta rotten and insane
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I've already mention Kwaidan in the Foreign Films thread, but I thought I would mention here as well.
Kwaidan "Ghost Stories" (1965) - Masaki Kobayashi's horror anthology was nominated for a Best Foreign Film Academy Award. This is a wonderful collection of four ghost stories based on traditional Japanese folk tales. The sets are beautiful and the stories are all wonderful.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5227140/
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/museum/
Directed by Keishi Ōtomo
Recently divorced and miserable Detective Hisashi Sawamura (Shun Oguri) and his naive rookie partner Nishino (Shuhei Nomura) search for a Tokyo serial killer who wears a cartoonish giant frog costume. The horror comes courtesy of the manga, Museum: The Serial Killer Is Laughing In The Rain.
Reincarnation (Rinne) (2005) - Directed by Tikashi Shimizu (Ju-On: The Grudge, Ju-On: The Grudge 2, The Grudge, The Grudge 2). A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
imdb.com/title/tt0456630/
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Tag (Riaru onigokko) (2015) - A girl's life cascades into chaos as everyone around her suffers a gruesome fate while she herself becomes less and less certain of who she is and what kind of a world she lives in.
imdb.com/title/tt4439120/
Suicide Club (Jisatsu sâkuru) (2001) - A detective is trying to find the cause of a string of suicides.
imdb.com/title/tt0312843/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_37
Noriko's Dinner Table (Noriko no shokutaku) (2005) - A sequel to Suicide Club, though a very different film.
imdb.com/title/tt0468820/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_32
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Guilty of Romance (2011)
Director: Sion Sono
A grisly murder occurs in Maruyama-cho, Shibuya, Tokyo - a love hotel district - a woman was found dead in a derelict apartment. Kazuko (Miki Mizuno) is a police officer called to investigate on this case, she will discover the story of two women who, despite appearing respectable on the outside have all manner of darkness hidden away.
Directed by Takashi Hirose
Available December 11, 2018 from Unearthed Films
BRUTAL: A savage murderer is on the prowl in Japan. One by one, his victims fall but what is he searching for? The same thing a murderess is looking for. We are all looking for that special love of our lives and sometimes, we're willing to kill everyone to find that special someone. This is the tale of two people finding each other in the most vicious way possible.
As the Gods Will (Kamisama no iu tôri) - Takashi Miike - Leave your sanity at the door in this blood-soaked Manga adaptation about....complete cray-cray.
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https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12477480/
Directed by Park Chan-wook (Thirst, Lady Vengeance, Oldboy)
Tang Wei (Lust, Caution) Park Hae-il (The Host, Memories of Murder)
THE CLOSER YOU LOOK, THE HARDER YOU FALL.
Hae-Joon, a seasoned detective, investigates the suspicious death of a man on a mountaintop. Soon, he begins to suspect Seo-rae, the deceased’s wife, while being unsettled by his attraction to her.
Release date: 14 October 2022
South Korea (Korean, Chinese)
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