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knightofdreamz
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| Thu Jun 07, 2007 5:37 pm Imprint |
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Imprint
Director: Takashi Miike
Plot Summary :
"Have I got your attention, mister?" By the time you reach this line in Takashi Miike's Imprint, the answer will be a resounding, horrified "Yes!" This much-rumored-about episode of Showtime's Masters of Horror series became notorious as the first installment to be denied an airing. Now that the hour-long episode is out on DVD, it's not difficult to see why the network balked (although on the other hand, if you have a series called Masters of Horror and you hire the outrageous Takashi Miike to helm a show, nobody should really be surprised). The story follows an American (Billy Drago) on a journey to a ghostly island bordello in Japan; he's searching for a girl he lost years before. The prostitute he meets has stories to tell--and they abound in incest, abortion, murder, and one of the grisliest torture scenes ever produced for a mainstream outlet.
Cast (Credited cast) :
Billy Drago
Youki Kudoh
Toshie Negishi
All Title(s):
Imprint (international) |
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sauroposeidon
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| Fri Jun 08, 2007 4:38 am |
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I bought this around Christmastime on sale because of my love/hate relationship with Miike. It's...interesting. Certainly not for people that are kind of squeamish. I expected it to be worse than it was, though. Still, a good episode of a great series.
As an aside--that little dude at the beginning? Is that the same guy from Twin Peaks? |
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sage
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| Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:24 am |
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| did they ever say why this movie was banned? |
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sauroposeidon
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| Mon Jun 11, 2007 2:38 am |
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| It wasn't so much banned as it was just...not aired. Haha. I don't know why they didn't air it. It was either because it was a bit more graphic than they would've liked or some legal stuff. |
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knightofdreamz
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| Mon Jun 11, 2007 7:26 am |
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| Well the whole fetus thing wouldent go well with american viewers. |
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grissomsgal
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| Sun Sep 02, 2007 4:32 pm |
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knightofdreamz wrote: Well the whole fetus thing wouldent go well with american viewers.
Fantastic movie have to agree the fetus thing euuuggghhhh but still a great movie :D |
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ShadowDepths
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| Wed Sep 05, 2007 3:46 am |
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| This was a movie that I really wanted to see and the fact that it's banned in the U.S. makes me even more curious to see it! I saw the trailer and it hooked me. :D |
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ijonchrist
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| Wed Sep 05, 2007 5:18 am |
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ShadowDepths wrote: it's banned in the U.S.
Those four words shouldn't even exist in relation to film, books, etc. As an American, it makes my stomach turn... what happened to the Land of the Free?
Ok, I can see some sense to certain bans (public smoking, or bombs for example), but these are works of art... and fictional art at that! |
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ShadowDepths
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| Sat Sep 08, 2007 9:30 pm |
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ijonchrist wrote: ShadowDepths wrote: it's banned in the U.S.
Those four words shouldn't even exist in relation to film, books, etc. As an American, it makes my stomach turn... what happened to the Land of the Free?
Ok, I can see some sense to certain bans (public smoking, or bombs for example), but these are works of art... and fictional art at that!
True, banning shouldn't exist when it comes to forms of art. Art is made for a reason right? Art is a representation of an individual. People (in the U.S.) don't often accept artistic creativity from foreign countries because to them, it isn't the norm. |
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txwrathchild
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| Thu Oct 11, 2007 1:19 am been wanting to see this 4 ever!!! |
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| Isure hope they reupload this movie becuase i have been wanting to see this 4 a long time !!! thanx :D http://www.fast-files.com/getfile.aspx?file=16870 |
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Frater Satan
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| Sat Oct 27, 2007 2:51 am |
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| Highly recomended as with most Takeshi miike stuff! :D |
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