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20th August 2007, 01:13 AM
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Môryô no hako (2007)
Masato Harada's Môryô no hako is based on the eponymous novel by Natsuhiko Kyôgoku, which is the second novel in the Kyôgokudô series. The late Akio Jissôji's Ubume no natsu (2005) was based on the eponymous first novel in that series.
Môryô no hako stars Shin'ichi Tsutsumi as Akihiko Chûzenji, a.k.a. 'Kyôgokudô'. It co-stars (listed order corresponds to order on official website) Hiroshi Abe, Kippei Shiina, Hiroyuki Miyasako, Rena Tanaka, Hitomi Kuroki, Magy (Magî), Keisuke Horibe, Yoshiyoshi Arakawa, Takashi Sasano, Hiroshi Ômori, Mikio Ôsawa, Ken'ichi Ukon, Saki Terashima, Mitsuki Tanimura, Misa Shimizu, Ryôko Shinohara, Kankurô Kudô, and Akira Emoto.
Here's a synopsis for Môryô no hako from Cinema Topics Online via Ryuganji: "In post-war Tokyo, the mutilated corpses of beautiful girls are being found one after another, stuffed into boxes. Are they connected to a strange psychic who offers prayers to the boxes, and a huge, mysterious box-shaped building? Then the daughter of former actress Yuzuki Yoko (Kuroki) goes missing... Private detective Enokizu (Abe), writer Sekiguchi (Shiina) and policeman Kiba (Miyasako) enlist the aid of Kyogokudo (Tsutsumi). Can he defeat the evil entity responsible?"
Showgate Inc. - formerly Toshiba Entertainment Inc. - is scheduled to release Môryô no hako theatrically in Japan on December 22nd.
Môryô no hako official website
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Kadokawa Pictures: Ubume no natsu
Snowblood Apple Forums: The Suicide Song (Densen uta) thread (movie directed by Masato Harada - premièred on August 18th)
The Suicide Song (Densen uta) large teaser trailer (Japanese w/ English subtitles; downloadable 3 MB MOV file)
The Suicide Song (Densen uta) official website
Bluestockings (Jiyû ren'ai) official subsite (2005 made-for-TV movie directed by Masato Harada)
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20th August 2007, 10:56 AM
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Sounds like an interesting work - thank you for the info Harmcore 
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29th October 2007, 04:33 AM
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A theatrical trailer for Môryô no hako was added two days ago to the official website for the movie - click on 「予告編」 (yokokuhen) on the site's home page, then click on 「予告」 (yokoku) in the trailer window.
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29th October 2007, 09:06 AM
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Looks interesting!
Really like the old location.
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2nd November 2007, 07:52 PM
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The international sales title of Môryô no hako is "The Shadow Spirit". Here's a description of the movie from the international sales agent for it, Geneon Entertainment Inc.: "Tokyo, 1952. A series of murders targeting only beautiful young women has occurred. When retired actress Yoko's daughter vanishes, Enokizu - a private detective with a supernatural ability to see the memories of others - tries to track her down. At the same time, writer Sekiguchi and editor Atsuko investigate a mysterious religious cult, while police detective Kiba follows a lead to a strange, enormous box-shaped building. The characters eventually gather at the antiquarian bookstore Kyogokudo to seek help from its owner, Chuzenji - a practitioner of Onmyodo who possesses esoteric powers of protection against evil spirits. The horrifying enigma of the box, which ties everything together, will draw you into a world of fast-paced suspense." |
26th December 2007, 09:10 PM
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Sounds interresting indeed.
and if Rena T. is in it, i'll probally like it
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23rd June 2009, 09:15 PM
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Anyone actually seen this yet?
I'm tempted to pick the dvd up on ebay. The trailer looks interesting but, as
everyone who has seen Harada's Inugami or Suicide Song will know, trailers
for Harada's films can be very misleading.
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23rd June 2009, 10:46 PM
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I actually heard about this one for some time now...If this movie is as great as the anime adaption of this,I'll be a really happy man...I wish that I could get a hand of the novel series that is the basis of the liveaction film and anime.....By the way,I think the literal translation of Mouryou no Hako is Box of Goblins if I'm not mistaken....
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24th June 2009, 08:15 AM
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glad people like this. I have read most of the novel and haven't even seen this film yet. I guess it has been severely criticized by fans of the novel and anime as well. I saw it screening in Japan when I was there but didn't know what it was at the time but it looked interesting, I still need to find a way to see this. ;__; seems like a pretty awesome story, reminds me of silent hill 2, just like everything I like does.
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26th June 2009, 02:10 PM
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I think I just answered partly one of the questions that I made on my previous post here....Cause the first novel of this series, Ubume no Natsu,in which Harmcore referred to in the post which started this thread,is coming out in English in paperback format in August(the day before my birthday btw  ) for all of us to read... cliquez ici ...Enjoy... |
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