miike directed this masters of horror episode from season 1 that never aired. i can see why.
its harsh. especially in its treatment of aborted fetuses and to some degree women as well. there is nothing pretty here. miike likes to go to the extreme for the morbid pleasure of it. as usually he makes a point of it.
like most of the season i've seen the acting is bad. ... read more
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"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
"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.
Anybody familiar with Miike's films (Audition, Visitor Q) knows a couple of things about him: (1) there is no affront against civilized behavior he won't put on film, and (2) he's a heckuva filmmaker. Imprint confirms this, on both counts. The only weak spot is the English dialogue reading by the Japanese cast--and by Billy Drago, for that matter, although he does look very cool. The story may or may not make sense, but what stays with you are the pregnant, eye-filling images (cinematography by Toyomichi Kurita) and the truly shocking violence. It is really what the Masters of Horror series seems designed to do: give a director complete freedom to merge style with story. Take this to heart, oh ye of low nausea thresholds: Imprint will seriously mess you up. --Robert Horton
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Directed by: Takashi Miike (Audition)
Genre: J-Horror
In 19th century Japan, an American journalist (Billy Drago of THE HILLS HAVE EYES) searches for the prostitute he'd loved and left behind years earlier. But on an island where demons and whores rule the night, a deformed courtesan awaits with a tale of extreme cruelty and perverse vengeance. What follows is an unspeakable orgy of torment and depravity, where the lusts of the damned will inflict wounds that remain forever. Youki Kudoh of Myst"
“miike directed this masters of horror episode from season 1 that never aired. i can see why.
its harsh. especially in its treatment of aborted fetuses and to some degree women as well. there is nothing pretty here. miike likes to go to the extreme for the morbid pleasure of it. as usually he makes a point of it.
like most of the season i've seen the acting is bad. the movie itself seems smoother and higher budget...it comes across more like a movie than a tv episode like some of the others do. the actors speak english and its obvious they its a second language to them. except the main actor who is english but is the worst actor here. at moments he's stark and compelling at others he's trying to be emotional and he's bad at it.
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