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24 February 2007 (Japan) morePlot:
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since... more | add synopsisNewsDesk:
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Disappointing : Kaïro repeating ! moreCast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Noboru Yoshioka | |
| Manami Konishi | ... | Harue Nimura | |
| Tsuyoshi Ihara | ... | Tôru Miyaji | |
| Hiroyuki Hirayama | ... | Wakai Keiji Sakurai | |
| Ikuji Nakamura | ... | Shôichi Sakuma | |
| Ryo Kase | ... | Sagyôsen no Sen'in (as Ryô Kase) | |
| Kaoru Okunuki | ... | Miyuki Yabe | |
| Hironobu Nomura | ... | Seiji Onoda | |
| Jin Muraki | ... | Kenshikan Furuya | |
| Hajime Inoue | ... | Keiji | |
| Naoko Miyake | ... | Kangofu | |
| Yôko Chôsokabe | ... | Kangofu | |
| Takahiro Sato | ... | Sakuma no Musuko Yûsuke (as Takahiro Satô) | |
| Kenkichi Watanabe | ... | Shiryôgakari | |
| Kaoru Mizuki | ... | Shibata Reiko no Hahaoya |
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Shriek (International: English title) (working title) (Japan) (literal English title)Retribution (International: English title) (literal title)
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104 min | Italy:103 min (Venice Film Festival)Country:
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Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:16 | USA:R | Australia:MA | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:PG-12Filming Locations:
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Kaze ni naru moreFAQ
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Kyoshi Kurosawa is a talented but maybe too prolific director. Since the early 90's, he had almost directed 30 movies. No wonder that, when Takashige Ichise, the master producer of J-Horror ("Ring", "The Grudge") asks him to direct one of the Jap-Horror trilogy movie along with Hideo Nakata and Shimizu, you get a little feeling of "Déjà-vu" in front of his new movie : "Sakebi" (Retribution).
Of course, there's still lots of excellent ideas in the movie, and some parts are majestically directed : all the ghosts apparitions are really beautiful, and the movie take there and then an experimental approach in their representation. It almost looks like a modern art installation. Some shots are also really well thought, as the one of the interrogation of a suspect, filmed in continuation, with the help of a mirror in the back in order to create a double space. But the most original aspect of the movie is the depiction of the modern Tokyo, witch doesn't look modern at all. In the movie, the city looks like a post-war town, everything is rotten and lugubre, there's nobody in the dark streets. You don't often see such a representation of Japan, far from the clichés of the ultra-modern society it's supposed to be.
But the problem is that all this was ultimately in others Kurosawa's movies, as if he wanted to offer a sort of best-of his previous works here. His style haven't change, and the story isn't really surprising for any "Kaïro"'s spectator. This lack of surprise leads to a feeling of boringness, and I couldn't get out of my mind, after the movie, the idea that it was clearly unoriginal (for a Kurosawa's movie, of course) and a little bit too long (maybe cutting 20 minutes of the movie would have been a good thing).
But all in all, this movie is a good introduction to his tormented universe, and for those who already know it, well, a new Kyoshi Kurosawa's movie certainly comes out in 3 months.