Vipco & BayView Entertainment have released the Asian horror film The House Of The Serpent, which is now available on Digital Platforms worldwide including on Hoopla in the USA.
The House Of The Serpent will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 30th July 2024.
Takahashi gained prominence in the horror genre with collaborations with director Hideo Nakata on films such as “Don’t Look Up” (1996) and “The Ring” (1998), contributing significantly to the J-horror boom. His other screenplay credits include “Serpent’s Path”, “Orochi: Blood”, and Netflix’s “Ju-On: Origins”. In 2004, he made his feature film directorial debut with “Sodom the Killer.” Subsequently, he directed a series of horror films including “Sea of Madness” (2007), “The Sylvian Experiments” (2010), “The Carol of the Old Ones” (2011), and “Occult Bolshevism” (2017). Takahashi is also an author and published books as well as a collection of screenplays.
Synopsis:
Naomi (Shoko Nakahara, an actress and playwright, is writing a new play...
The House Of The Serpent will arrive on AVOD Digital Platforms worldwide on 30th July 2024.
Takahashi gained prominence in the horror genre with collaborations with director Hideo Nakata on films such as “Don’t Look Up” (1996) and “The Ring” (1998), contributing significantly to the J-horror boom. His other screenplay credits include “Serpent’s Path”, “Orochi: Blood”, and Netflix’s “Ju-On: Origins”. In 2004, he made his feature film directorial debut with “Sodom the Killer.” Subsequently, he directed a series of horror films including “Sea of Madness” (2007), “The Sylvian Experiments” (2010), “The Carol of the Old Ones” (2011), and “Occult Bolshevism” (2017). Takahashi is also an author and published books as well as a collection of screenplays.
Synopsis:
Naomi (Shoko Nakahara, an actress and playwright, is writing a new play...
- 6/4/2024
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
On the surface, Jeong Yong-ki's new South Korean horror “The Ghost Station” seems to be your average entry in the genre, following a similar path as many other recent releases from the country. However, there's a bit more going on beyond the scenes of this one, co-writing a solid story with two of the masters of the J-Horror movement in Koji Shiraishi who was responsible for films like “Noroi: The Curse,” “Grotesque,” and “Occult” among numerous others in a prolific career. As well, screenwriter Hiroshi Takahashi, who penned the original “Ringu” and several of the sequels, teamed up with director Jeong to base their new film on a popular webtoon that incorporates plenty of J-Horror ideas and concepts into a high-quality South Korean feature. The end result is this wholly enjoyable if overly familiar genre effort, coming to Blu-Ray, DVD, and Digital from WellGO USA on December 19.
- 12/18/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
There is, really, just one absence that slightly dampens the stellar fall festivals. This April it was announced that Kiyoshi Kurosawa would remake his great 1998 feature Serpent’s Path in Paris, with Damien Bonnard in a leading role, and excitement for which I think explains itself. Despite the director’s typically fast production time, it became evident we’d have to wait until 2024––now confirmed by Screen Daily in a story offering our first (and above) look at the film.
Contained therein is revelation that this new Serpent’s Path, despite featuring Bonnard, is instead carried by a female protagonist––played by Ko Shibasaki, soon to be heard in Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron––though no word on whether this much changes the basic plot structure. (Original writer Hiroshi Takahashi is credited with script.)
Any waiting and changes notwithstanding, there’s solid precedent for what the film might offer.
Contained therein is revelation that this new Serpent’s Path, despite featuring Bonnard, is instead carried by a female protagonist––played by Ko Shibasaki, soon to be heard in Hayao Miyazaki’s The Boy and the Heron––though no word on whether this much changes the basic plot structure. (Original writer Hiroshi Takahashi is credited with script.)
Any waiting and changes notwithstanding, there’s solid precedent for what the film might offer.
- 8/30/2023
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
Art House Films has taken distribution rights for France.
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won best director at Venice in 2020 with Wife Of A Spy, has wrapped shooting French thriller Serpent’s Path starring Ko Shibasaki and Damien Bonnard.
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of Kurosawa’s 1998 Japanese feature of the same name, in which a man enlists a friend to help him exact revenge upon his daughter’s murderer. The original was written by Hiroshi Takahashi, co-writer of iconic horror Ring, and starred Teruyuki Kagawa and Show Aikawa.
In the French-language remake, the main character is...
Japanese filmmaker Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who won best director at Venice in 2020 with Wife Of A Spy, has wrapped shooting French thriller Serpent’s Path starring Ko Shibasaki and Damien Bonnard.
The film, now in post-production, is an adaptation of Kurosawa’s 1998 Japanese feature of the same name, in which a man enlists a friend to help him exact revenge upon his daughter’s murderer. The original was written by Hiroshi Takahashi, co-writer of iconic horror Ring, and starred Teruyuki Kagawa and Show Aikawa.
In the French-language remake, the main character is...
- 8/30/2023
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
Following up on the release of the original Ringu, Kenji Suzuki's novels' were chosen as the basis for a sequel the next year which saw the release of the divisive “Spiral” arrive to conflicting reception even though it took its inspiration from the source novel. After the reaction to the film of attempting something more familiar to a crime-scene investigation that left fans of the ghost action unsatisfied, a proper sequel to the original film was commissioned with Nakata coming back to continue the saga of Sadako and her exploits to be a proper sequel to the original.
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Following the discovery of several bodies, Mai Takano (Miki Takano) is trying to learn more about the death of her professor when she hears stories about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a girl named Sadako (Rie Ino'o), who died many years earlier. Supposedly, anyone watching the...
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Following the discovery of several bodies, Mai Takano (Miki Takano) is trying to learn more about the death of her professor when she hears stories about a videotape haunted by the spirit of a girl named Sadako (Rie Ino'o), who died many years earlier. Supposedly, anyone watching the...
- 5/8/2023
- by Don Anelli
- AsianMoviePulse
Although the title seems rather strange, another extreme manifestation of Japanese imagination, it turns out the occult was an aspect of Bolshevism, represented by both Gleb Bokii, a paranormal investigator who became a leading member of the Cheka, the first Soviet secret police and extensively in literature, as Marina Aptekmna’s paper highlights. In this case however, and although the concept of the Great Terror seems to be an important aspect of the narrative, the combination also seems to be aiming at some sort of mockery. Let us take things from the beginning though.
Occult Bolshevism is screening at Inland Dimensions
A group of people are gathered in an abandoned factory, where an experiment about the supernatural is being conducted. The purpose of the experiment is not known to all, and particularly the latest arrivals, a young man named Ando and his fiance, Yukiko, seem to be almost completely out of the loop.
Occult Bolshevism is screening at Inland Dimensions
A group of people are gathered in an abandoned factory, where an experiment about the supernatural is being conducted. The purpose of the experiment is not known to all, and particularly the latest arrivals, a young man named Ando and his fiance, Yukiko, seem to be almost completely out of the loop.
- 9/25/2021
- by Panos Kotzathanasis
- AsianMoviePulse
If you’ve been stuck indoors watching tons of TV lately due to the global lockdowns – which are, admittedly, easing up now – you’ve probably gone through most of what’s on Netflix already. At least, most of their most notable stuff. But thankfully, there’s always new content in the pipeline and July, in particular, has several original series making their premiere on the platform.
Indeed, there’s much on the way, but 3 of them are definitely worth your time as they all promise to deliver on the considerable amount of buzz that’s beginning to build around them. Of course, you never really know what’s going to hit it big on the streaming site until release day, but each of these shows look very exciting, and for different reasons.
Up first is Cursed, which could just be the next Game of Thrones or The Witcher. Touching down on July 17th,...
Indeed, there’s much on the way, but 3 of them are definitely worth your time as they all promise to deliver on the considerable amount of buzz that’s beginning to build around them. Of course, you never really know what’s going to hit it big on the streaming site until release day, but each of these shows look very exciting, and for different reasons.
Up first is Cursed, which could just be the next Game of Thrones or The Witcher. Touching down on July 17th,...
- 6/22/2020
- by Matt Joseph
- We Got This Covered
Back in 1998, Takashi Shimizu unwittingly created a monster when he debuted a couple of short films about a haunted house. Little did he know, a lingering horror franchise was about to be born. In 2000, a first feature film about the story, Ju-On: The Curse, arrived – and the rest is history. There are now thirteen Ju-On movies in the bank, including an initial 2004 Us remake, that run all the way up to this year’s Sam Raimi-produced ‘sidequel’ – it’s a perfectly cromulent word – which unfortunately debuted to a weary critical reception and a mere wisp of a western audience.
Now, Netflix has jumped on on the Ju-On bandwagon – the streaming service has just set a July release date for its foreign language TV series based on the ongoing myths surrounding the iconic Grudge house.
The show seeks to rejuvenate the franchise on the small screen, but objectively, the most...
Now, Netflix has jumped on on the Ju-On bandwagon – the streaming service has just set a July release date for its foreign language TV series based on the ongoing myths surrounding the iconic Grudge house.
The show seeks to rejuvenate the franchise on the small screen, but objectively, the most...
- 5/13/2020
- by Kirsten Howard
- Den of Geek
“Crows Zero” was one of Takashi Miike’s 2007 creations. With this movie, the very prolific filmmaker develops a prequel to Hiroshi Takahashi’s mangas “Crows” and “Worst”.
The film follows the story of Genji Takiya. He is clearly a rebel, because he has a funky haircut, smokes, and has chains to his jeans. He happens to be the son of a yakuza. He also happens to start at a new school, Suzuran All-Boys High School. If he can take over the worse school in Japan, he could take over his father’s crime organization. That is not an easy task, considering the many funky-hair-and-chains-to-the-jeans teenagers in the high school.
The feature includes what usually makes a good yakuza movie: alliances & loyalty, fight scenes & intense looks, humour; the influence from manga is also clear, with very graphic and sometimes over-the-top scenes. Besides the theme and action, Takashi Miike...
The film follows the story of Genji Takiya. He is clearly a rebel, because he has a funky haircut, smokes, and has chains to his jeans. He happens to be the son of a yakuza. He also happens to start at a new school, Suzuran All-Boys High School. If he can take over the worse school in Japan, he could take over his father’s crime organization. That is not an easy task, considering the many funky-hair-and-chains-to-the-jeans teenagers in the high school.
The feature includes what usually makes a good yakuza movie: alliances & loyalty, fight scenes & intense looks, humour; the influence from manga is also clear, with very graphic and sometimes over-the-top scenes. Besides the theme and action, Takashi Miike...
- 8/1/2019
- by Oriana Virone
- AsianMoviePulse
“Why were you the only one saved?”
Although this might sound like an exaggeration, but the way, especially Western audiences view Japanese, or indeed Asian horror fundamentally changed with Hideo Nakata’s “Ring” (1998). For a director who states he does not even like the genre that much, it must have been quite the surprise to suddenly be one of the first to start a wave of Japanese horror movies. Interestingly, films like “Ring”, “Ju-On” or “Pulse” may contain a fair share of outside influences, but overall their tone, their visuals and their general approach to the uncanny can be defined as distinctly Asian, or Japanese. It is precisely this kind of authenticity which labelled titles like the ones mentioned to be prime candidates for Hollywood-ized remakes, but also helped the works of many directors to find international distributors.
In the case of “Ring 2”, one of the first surprises for many...
Although this might sound like an exaggeration, but the way, especially Western audiences view Japanese, or indeed Asian horror fundamentally changed with Hideo Nakata’s “Ring” (1998). For a director who states he does not even like the genre that much, it must have been quite the surprise to suddenly be one of the first to start a wave of Japanese horror movies. Interestingly, films like “Ring”, “Ju-On” or “Pulse” may contain a fair share of outside influences, but overall their tone, their visuals and their general approach to the uncanny can be defined as distinctly Asian, or Japanese. It is precisely this kind of authenticity which labelled titles like the ones mentioned to be prime candidates for Hollywood-ized remakes, but also helped the works of many directors to find international distributors.
In the case of “Ring 2”, one of the first surprises for many...
- 1/5/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
The program of the 18th Japanese Film Festival Nippon Connection in Frankfurt am Main is complete! From May 29 to June 3, 2018 the audience can discover more than 100 new short and feature films at the biggest festival for Japanese film worldwide – from blockbusters and anime to independent and documentary films. Almost all of the films will be presented as German, European- international, or world premieres. A diverse supporting program provides about 50 exciting cultural activities apart from the cinema. Numerous Japanese filmmakers, musicians, and artists will be our guests at the festival. As the guest of honor, renowned actress Shinobu Terajima will receive the Nippon Honor Award 2018. The events will take place at the festival centers at Künstlerhaus Mousonturm and Theater Willy Praml in der Naxoshalle as well as four additional locations in Frankfurt am Main.
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Once more, many stars of the Japanese film scene will be expected to present...
Nippon Cinema
Once more, many stars of the Japanese film scene will be expected to present...
- 5/16/2018
- by Adriana Rosati
- AsianMoviePulse
Special Mention: Death Proof
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
USA, 2007
Genre: Slasher
The obvious reference points of Death Proof are such movies as Vanishing Point, Roadgames, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and even Spielberg’s Duel – but Death Proof is influenced by more than just vehicular horror. Tarantino’s homage to the road-fury genre is really two movies in one, offering two versions of the same story about two separate groups of beautiful women who are stalked by a homicidal maniac who uses his car (his weapon of choice) to terrorize and eventually kill his victims. Death Proof can easily be viewed as two slasher films, with the second half acting as a sequel, offering new, beautiful victims for the murderous Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) to terrorize. It’s a grim stalk-and-slash picture with a blaring commentary of female empowerment. Replace the typical sharp edged blade with a car, and...
Written and directed by Quentin Tarantino
USA, 2007
Genre: Slasher
The obvious reference points of Death Proof are such movies as Vanishing Point, Roadgames, Dirty Mary Crazy Larry, and even Spielberg’s Duel – but Death Proof is influenced by more than just vehicular horror. Tarantino’s homage to the road-fury genre is really two movies in one, offering two versions of the same story about two separate groups of beautiful women who are stalked by a homicidal maniac who uses his car (his weapon of choice) to terrorize and eventually kill his victims. Death Proof can easily be viewed as two slasher films, with the second half acting as a sequel, offering new, beautiful victims for the murderous Stuntman Mike (Kurt Russell) to terrorize. It’s a grim stalk-and-slash picture with a blaring commentary of female empowerment. Replace the typical sharp edged blade with a car, and...
- 10/14/2015
- by Ricky Fernandes
- SoundOnSight
Kiyoshi Kurosawa is a director who always commands attention, and so it should be of no small interest to fans that Third Window Films have made available for the first time on DVD outside Japan two of his early films, “Eyes of the Spider” and “Serpent’s Path”. Shot back in 1998, the films are cinematic twins, having been part of a challenge to Kurosawa to make two low budget films in two weeks with the same cast and basic themes. The result was a pair of films, both written by Hiroshi Takahashi of “Ringu” fame, which despite both being concerned with a father seeking revenge for the murder of his young daughter, take the viewer to very different places by very different routes. “Eyes of the Spider” features Kurosawa and Takashi Miike collaborator Sho Aikawa as Nijima, an average, everyday man who at the start of the film tracks down...
- 9/5/2013
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Franchises are a major part of the film industry – and the most popular, profitable ones seem to never die. One genre with a particular affinity for endless streams of sequels is horror. Whether they repeatedly resurrect a seemingly slain killer, string together loosely-related stories, or contort themselves into a convoluted back-and-forth web of sequels, prequels, and midquels, a horror series that make money have enough mileage to make a hybrid car blush.
But every once in a while something happens that endangers a franchise – legal troubles, production problems, or just a flat-out awful film. Sometimes this is enough to finally kill the series, but sometimes, if there still seems like there’s money to be made, the brave producers will stumble on and do their best to just pretend their missteps never happened at all. When this happens, we end up with sequels that suddenly no longer “count” – they’re...
But every once in a while something happens that endangers a franchise – legal troubles, production problems, or just a flat-out awful film. Sometimes this is enough to finally kill the series, but sometimes, if there still seems like there’s money to be made, the brave producers will stumble on and do their best to just pretend their missteps never happened at all. When this happens, we end up with sequels that suddenly no longer “count” – they’re...
- 5/19/2013
- by Patwell James
- Obsessed with Film
By Jesse Miller, MoreHorror.com
The Original Ringu (1998)
Have you heard this urban legend about a videotape that kills you seven days after you watch it? No? Then may I introduce you to the world of Hideo Nakata’s Ringu and let you two get acquainted?
Keep in mind, there are a few crucial points to the films I want to cover so you might be in for a lengthy read.
This 1998 Japanese horror film (or as it is affectionately dubbed, J-Horror) is based on the thrilling ’91 novel by Koji Suzuki and follows reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushimi) as she is investigating the startling urban legend and the terrifying truth behind it.
Along the way she enlists the help of her ex-husband Ryuji Takayama (Hiroyuki Sanada) and the two embark on a quest to get to the very bottom of the supposedly deadly legend, uncovering a few horrifying revelations as they go.
The Original Ringu (1998)
Have you heard this urban legend about a videotape that kills you seven days after you watch it? No? Then may I introduce you to the world of Hideo Nakata’s Ringu and let you two get acquainted?
Keep in mind, there are a few crucial points to the films I want to cover so you might be in for a lengthy read.
This 1998 Japanese horror film (or as it is affectionately dubbed, J-Horror) is based on the thrilling ’91 novel by Koji Suzuki and follows reporter Reiko Asakawa (Nanako Matsushimi) as she is investigating the startling urban legend and the terrifying truth behind it.
Along the way she enlists the help of her ex-husband Ryuji Takayama (Hiroyuki Sanada) and the two embark on a quest to get to the very bottom of the supposedly deadly legend, uncovering a few horrifying revelations as they go.
- 4/22/2012
- by admin
- MoreHorror
Whether it's America's redneck zombies, Japan's 'dead wet girls' or Indonesia's ghosts, horror may be the most universal genre
• What global box-office stories would you like to see in After Hollywood? Let us know in the comments below
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods is here to remind us how cosmopolitan the horror genre is. There's a good joke when this postmodern gore flick begins to let the audience peer deeper into its machinery, and we realise there are other parallel horrorshows going on around the world: some kind of Kong-type abomination going ape-shit in Sweden (if my eyes didn't deceive me), and a group of cute Japanese schoolgirls being terrorised by a dank-haired Ringu-style phantom.
I think horror could be the most universal genre. I was interviewing an Indonesian director with expertise in that area recently, and I asked him if – bearing in...
• What global box-office stories would you like to see in After Hollywood? Let us know in the comments below
Drew Goddard and Joss Whedon's The Cabin in the Woods is here to remind us how cosmopolitan the horror genre is. There's a good joke when this postmodern gore flick begins to let the audience peer deeper into its machinery, and we realise there are other parallel horrorshows going on around the world: some kind of Kong-type abomination going ape-shit in Sweden (if my eyes didn't deceive me), and a group of cute Japanese schoolgirls being terrorised by a dank-haired Ringu-style phantom.
I think horror could be the most universal genre. I was interviewing an Indonesian director with expertise in that area recently, and I asked him if – bearing in...
- 4/12/2012
- by Phil Hoad
- The Guardian - Film News
Any self respecting UK fan of Takashi Miiki worth their salt should really already have a copy of his cult hit movie Crows Zero, tucked in their collection - but if you didn’t get around to snapping up a disc from either Hong Kong or the U.S then here’s your chance as its finally set to debut on UK DVD, via Mvm video. Based on the bestselling manga by Hiroshi Takahashi (screenwriter of the original Japanese “Ring” movies), Crows Zero is certainly one of Miike’s most accessible and commercially successful movies in years, proving to be one of his biggest box office hits to date in his native Japan and even spawning an equally successful sequel. Cz streets on April 9th! Synopsis: The notorious Suzuran Senior High School for Boys is Japan’s lowest achieving and most violent school, nicknamed “The School of Crows” after its...
- 3/1/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Title: The Sylvian Experiments (Aka Kyofu) Directed by: Hiroshi Takahashi Starring: Yôko Chôsokabe, Mina Fujii and Momoko Hatano Running time: 95 minutes, Rated R Dr. Hattori and her husband watch footage of brain surgery experiments that end in a blinding light. To their horror, they discover their young daughters Kaori and Miyuki standing behind them watching the same film. Years later Miyuki and some other teenagers disappear from a university hospital, and Kaori attempts to find out what happened; however she soon discovers that Miyuki and her friends have been subjected to the same brain experiments at the hands of their mother Dr. Hattori. I’m going to put it bluntly,...
- 10/9/2011
- by juliana
- ShockYa
• Toronto Entry #4
There is a Truffaut film, rarely seen, named "The Green Room," based on the Henry James short story "The Altar of the Dead." That was about a man whose constant companions were the friends he had lost. He was faithful to their shrines in his memory. The term for his obsession is thanatopsis, a meditation upon death. Truffaut himself plays the hero of his film, and maintains a little chapel to the memory of his late wife and other loved ones. Nathalie Baye plays a woman he meets who shares his devotion, and it seems possible they may find happiness together, but she cannot reach him because his mind seems to reside in the next world.
This doesn't seem to be a theme that would attract Gus Van Sant, one of the most cutting-edge of directors, but then he rarely makes films that resemble one another. Here at Toronto he is showing "Restless,...
There is a Truffaut film, rarely seen, named "The Green Room," based on the Henry James short story "The Altar of the Dead." That was about a man whose constant companions were the friends he had lost. He was faithful to their shrines in his memory. The term for his obsession is thanatopsis, a meditation upon death. Truffaut himself plays the hero of his film, and maintains a little chapel to the memory of his late wife and other loved ones. Nathalie Baye plays a woman he meets who shares his devotion, and it seems possible they may find happiness together, but she cannot reach him because his mind seems to reside in the next world.
This doesn't seem to be a theme that would attract Gus Van Sant, one of the most cutting-edge of directors, but then he rarely makes films that resemble one another. Here at Toronto he is showing "Restless,...
- 9/13/2011
- by Roger Ebert
- blogs.suntimes.com/ebert
A trailer for Shinji Aoyama’s Tokyo Koen (Tokyo Park) has been uploaded to the Showgate channel on Yahoo! Japan.
Based on a novel by Yukiya Shoji, the film stars Haruma Miura as a college student and aspiring photographer named Koji. One day, while Koji is taking pictures of families in a Tokyo park, a man (Hiroshi Takahashi) suddenly appears within his camera’s view and interrupts his shot. However, he’s later contacted by the man with an odd request. Without revealing the purpose of the job, he asks Koji to take photographs of a woman (Haruka Igawa) who walks through the park with her young daughter. Koji agrees, but the strange task leads to changes in the relationships he has with the women in his life.
Those women include a longtime friend that Koji can talk to about anything (Nana Eikura) and his step-sister (Manami Konishi), who offers...
Based on a novel by Yukiya Shoji, the film stars Haruma Miura as a college student and aspiring photographer named Koji. One day, while Koji is taking pictures of families in a Tokyo park, a man (Hiroshi Takahashi) suddenly appears within his camera’s view and interrupts his shot. However, he’s later contacted by the man with an odd request. Without revealing the purpose of the job, he asks Koji to take photographs of a woman (Haruka Igawa) who walks through the park with her young daughter. Koji agrees, but the strange task leads to changes in the relationships he has with the women in his life.
Those women include a longtime friend that Koji can talk to about anything (Nana Eikura) and his step-sister (Manami Konishi), who offers...
- 4/20/2011
- Nippon Cinema
Ok, so we've seen the poster and the stills for the next chiller coming out of Japan, Hiroshi Takahashi's latest spook-fest Kyôfu. Now how about some good old fashioned trailer action? Mind you, there are no subtitles, but hey, the language of fear is universal!
For those of you following along the steps of the "J-Horror Theater" franchise, the sixth installment in the series (the other five films being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution, Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation, Norio Tsuruta's Premonition, and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection), Hiroshi Takahashi's Kyôfu, is getting set to make its debut in Japan this July. To help you gear up for this auspicious occasion, be sure to also visit the official Kyôfu website.
There are no details available about the movie just yet, but we'll let you know when something more meaty comes our way.
Check out the trailer below courtesy of Gomorrahy.
For those of you following along the steps of the "J-Horror Theater" franchise, the sixth installment in the series (the other five films being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution, Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation, Norio Tsuruta's Premonition, and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection), Hiroshi Takahashi's Kyôfu, is getting set to make its debut in Japan this July. To help you gear up for this auspicious occasion, be sure to also visit the official Kyôfu website.
There are no details available about the movie just yet, but we'll let you know when something more meaty comes our way.
Check out the trailer below courtesy of Gomorrahy.
- 4/29/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Although J-horror is dead and buried in the eyes of most genre fans, I’m still ready and willing to lay down my entertainment dollar on just about anything from the region, even if it features a creepy chick with long black hair. Hiroshi Takahashi’s upcoming chiller “Kyofu” looks vaguely spooky despite the fact that I know absolutely nothing about the feature. All I have to offer you today are some stills and a poster. However, as soon as a plot synopsis becomes available, I’ll be sure inform you of the specifics. Special thanks to Dread Central for providing all of the horrific goodies.
- 4/28/2010
- by Todd
- Beyond Hollywood
We told you about Hiroshi Takahashi's latest Japanese spook-fest Kyôfu a few weeks ago and even showed you a few stills from the flick to get you into the long black-haired spirit of things. Ready for the one-sheet? No? Well, here it is anyway!
For those of you following along the steps of the "J-Horror Theater" franchise, the sixth installment in the series (the other five films being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution, Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation, Norio Tsuruta's Premonition, and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection), Hiroshi Takahashi's Kyôfu, is getting set to make its debut in Japan this July. To help you gear up for this auspicious occasion, the official Kyôfu website has been updated with some bells and whistles including the artwork you see below.
There are no details available about the movie just yet, but we'll let you know when something more meaty comes our way.
For those of you following along the steps of the "J-Horror Theater" franchise, the sixth installment in the series (the other five films being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution, Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation, Norio Tsuruta's Premonition, and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection), Hiroshi Takahashi's Kyôfu, is getting set to make its debut in Japan this July. To help you gear up for this auspicious occasion, the official Kyôfu website has been updated with some bells and whistles including the artwork you see below.
There are no details available about the movie just yet, but we'll let you know when something more meaty comes our way.
- 4/28/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The official website for Hiroshi Takahashi‘s Kyofu (terror, horror, fear, fright - take your pick) has been updated with a trailer for the film.
Takahashi was the screenwriter for Hideo Nakata‘s “Ring”, the 1998 film which launched the J-horror wave that had Japanese teenagers biting their fingernails and routinely screaming “yada yada!” for several years afterward. Most would agree that particular wave has been pretty much kaput for a good while now, but don’t tell that to producer Takashige Ichise, who keeps finding ways to get worldwide distribution for the “J-Horror Theater” series of horror films he’s been involved with from the beginning. As the trailer shows, the series includes Masayuki Ochiai’s “Infection”, Norio Tsuruta’s “Premonition”, Takashi Shimizu’s “Reincarnation”, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Retribution”, and Hideo Nakata’s “Kaidan”. Kyofu is intended to be the sixth entry in the series.
The theme of the film...
Takahashi was the screenwriter for Hideo Nakata‘s “Ring”, the 1998 film which launched the J-horror wave that had Japanese teenagers biting their fingernails and routinely screaming “yada yada!” for several years afterward. Most would agree that particular wave has been pretty much kaput for a good while now, but don’t tell that to producer Takashige Ichise, who keeps finding ways to get worldwide distribution for the “J-Horror Theater” series of horror films he’s been involved with from the beginning. As the trailer shows, the series includes Masayuki Ochiai’s “Infection”, Norio Tsuruta’s “Premonition”, Takashi Shimizu’s “Reincarnation”, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s “Retribution”, and Hideo Nakata’s “Kaidan”. Kyofu is intended to be the sixth entry in the series.
The theme of the film...
- 4/22/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Completion of Hiroshi Takahashi‘s upcoming horror film Kyofu was just announced yesterday, but distributor Tokyo Theaters Co., Inc. has already hit a bit of a snag trying to promote it. The current poster art has been rejected by Japan’s train stations for being “too extreme” for public display.
The project reunites Takahashi with producer Takashige Ichise. The pair most notably worked together on Hideo Nakata’s smash hit 1998 film Ring, which was largely responsible for the seemingly relentless “J-horror wave” that continued in earnest for about 5 or 6 years and spawned several Hollywood remakes.
Kyofu’s poster features a character named Miyuki who’s appearance is very reminiscent of Sadako, the pale, long-haired ghost in Ring who murdered her victims 7 days after they watched a cursed videotape. The section of the poster in question is the apparent hole in Miyuki’s head exposing her brain, which looks like it’s about to spill out.
The project reunites Takahashi with producer Takashige Ichise. The pair most notably worked together on Hideo Nakata’s smash hit 1998 film Ring, which was largely responsible for the seemingly relentless “J-horror wave” that continued in earnest for about 5 or 6 years and spawned several Hollywood remakes.
Kyofu’s poster features a character named Miyuki who’s appearance is very reminiscent of Sadako, the pale, long-haired ghost in Ring who murdered her victims 7 days after they watched a cursed videotape. The section of the poster in question is the apparent hole in Miyuki’s head exposing her brain, which looks like it’s about to spill out.
- 4/6/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Completion of Hiroshi Takahashi‘s upcoming horror film Kyofu was just announced yesterday, but distributor Tokyo Theaters Co., Inc. has already hit a bit of a snag trying to promote it. The current poster art has been rejected by Japan’s train stations for being “too extreme” for public display.
The project reunites Takahashi with producer Takashige Ichise. The pair most notably worked together on Hideo Nakata’s smash hit 1998 film Ring, which was largely responsible for the seemingly relentless “J-horror wave” that continued in earnest for about 5 or 6 years and spawned several Hollywood remakes.
Kyofu’s poster features a character named Miyuki who’s appearance is very reminiscent of Sadako, the pale, long-haired ghost in Ring who murdered her victims 7 days after they watched a cursed videotape. The section of the poster in question is the apparent hole in Miyuki’s head exposing her brain, which looks like it’s about to spill out.
The project reunites Takahashi with producer Takashige Ichise. The pair most notably worked together on Hideo Nakata’s smash hit 1998 film Ring, which was largely responsible for the seemingly relentless “J-horror wave” that continued in earnest for about 5 or 6 years and spawned several Hollywood remakes.
Kyofu’s poster features a character named Miyuki who’s appearance is very reminiscent of Sadako, the pale, long-haired ghost in Ring who murdered her victims 7 days after they watched a cursed videotape. The section of the poster in question is the apparent hole in Miyuki’s head exposing her brain, which looks like it’s about to spill out.
- 4/6/2010
- Nippon Cinema
Is anybody really still watching J-horror anymore? I don't know about you guys, but we've pretty much had our fill of spooky little girls dressed in white with long black hair. Even our own Andrew Kasch only gets a half a chub when a new Japanese flick comes out, and that's really saying something!
For those of you following along the steps of the "J-Horror Theater" franchise, the sixth installment in the series (the other five films being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution, Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation, Norio Tsuruta's Premonition, and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection), Hiroshi Takahashi's Kyôfu, is getting set to make its debut in Japan this July. To help you gear up for this auspicious occasion, the official Kyôfu website has been launched. Right now it's only home to some teaser art, but we'll keep an eye on it in case anything interesting pops up.
For those of you following along the steps of the "J-Horror Theater" franchise, the sixth installment in the series (the other five films being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution, Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation, Norio Tsuruta's Premonition, and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection), Hiroshi Takahashi's Kyôfu, is getting set to make its debut in Japan this July. To help you gear up for this auspicious occasion, the official Kyôfu website has been launched. Right now it's only home to some teaser art, but we'll keep an eye on it in case anything interesting pops up.
- 4/6/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
We've just been informed by our pal The Gomorrahizer that a website for The Ring's Hiroshi Takahashi's newest j horror film, Kyôfu, has gone live. We've also been shown some first stills which are quite a sight.
Apparently, Kyôfu is being promoted as the sixth and final movie in the "J-Horror Theater" (J horâ shiatâ) series - the five previous movies being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution
(Sakebi), Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation (Rinne), Norio Tsuruta's
Premonition and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection (Kansen).
Tokyo Theatres Co. Inc. (Tôkyô Teatoru K.K.) plans to release Kyôfu
theatrically in Japan in July.
Check out the stills after the break.
Head to Quiet Earth to see the stills.
Apparently, Kyôfu is being promoted as the sixth and final movie in the "J-Horror Theater" (J horâ shiatâ) series - the five previous movies being Hideo Nakata's Kaidan, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Retribution
(Sakebi), Takashi Shimizu's Reincarnation (Rinne), Norio Tsuruta's
Premonition and Masayuki Ochiai's Infection (Kansen).
Tokyo Theatres Co. Inc. (Tôkyô Teatoru K.K.) plans to release Kyôfu
theatrically in Japan in July.
Check out the stills after the break.
Head to Quiet Earth to see the stills.
- 4/5/2010
- QuietEarth.us
Prepare yourself for one of the most graphic and grotesque trailers to come this way in quite some time. The new trailer for horror, thriller Don't Look Up shows everything from demon babies to headless corpses and back to multiple disfigurements. Long in length, this trailer will keep you awake knowing that there are some sick souls out there! The film was created by Distant Horizons and the show gets shipped via mini' coffins September 21st (not literally). Other trivia fans might enjoy from director Fruit Chan's Don't Look Up include a cameo appearance from Eli Roth, the film is a remake of a Japanese film known as Ghost Actress, and the film was originally set to film in Romania (Uhm). Grip your chair closely and then push play.
The tiny synopsis for Don't Look Up here:
"The story features a film production in Transylvania which is tainted by...
The tiny synopsis for Don't Look Up here:
"The story features a film production in Transylvania which is tainted by...
- 2/17/2010
- by Michael Ross Allen
- 28 Days Later Analysis
Bloody-Disgusting has noticed that IMDb has put up a trailer for the upcoming remake of the horror film "Don't Look Up." That trailer has since been deleted, but you can check it out below. The new movie is written by Hiroshi Takahashi, the man behind the original 1996 movie (Ghost Actress) and the original "The Ring" films. Plot: "Don't Look Up" centers on a young horror film director's sensitivity to paranormal visions which sends him on a spiraling descent into madness that threatens his life and that of his crew. On location in the decrepit, abandoned former Transylvania Film Studios, the characters of the medieval Romanian folk tale he is attempting to adapt to film appear to come to life -- opening a portal in which horrifying deeds from the past begin to recur. Or is it all in the young director's mind? Trailer: If you cannot see the player, click here.
- 8/6/2009
- WorstPreviews.com
If Be a Man! Samurai School works as a spoof of the typical troubled teen stories, then Crows Zero is a more straightforward entry in the genre. While it doesn't deviate too much―or at all―from the usual formula in these type of movies, there's something admirable, or amicable, about the glorification of violence and delinquency here. Takashi Miike has made plenty of movies about the yakuza/crime life. Sometimes sympathetically, often derogatorily; portraying them as little more than perverted animals in movies like Fudoh, Ichi the Killer and Dead or Alive. This, however, certainly falls into the former.
While based on the Crows manga series by Hiroshi Takahashi, Crows Zero is not an adaptation. It in in fact a prequel with (as far as I know) original main characters. Not that that matters any. All you have to know is that it's about two kids duking it out...
While based on the Crows manga series by Hiroshi Takahashi, Crows Zero is not an adaptation. It in in fact a prequel with (as far as I know) original main characters. Not that that matters any. All you have to know is that it's about two kids duking it out...
- 6/16/2009
- by Arya Ponto
- JustPressPlay.net
I finally got my copy of Takashi Miike’s Crows Zero the other week and I haven’t put it down much since then. Absolutely love it. In fact, writing this post is so inspiring I think I’ll pop it into the player again tonight! So here I am, chomping at the bit, waiting for any information about the next film in the series and lo and behold those fine lads over at Nippon Cinema have given me my Miike hit for the day. They have found a casting call for the next Crows Zero film. And what is the production looking for?
The production is looking for a large number of 18-35 year-old skinhead extras to play students of Housen Gakuen; one of the rival schools featured in Hiroshi Takahashi‘s Crows manga spinoff, “Worst”. They’re also looking for “big-boned” tough-looking dudes to play Serizawa’s army,...
The production is looking for a large number of 18-35 year-old skinhead extras to play students of Housen Gakuen; one of the rival schools featured in Hiroshi Takahashi‘s Crows manga spinoff, “Worst”. They’re also looking for “big-boned” tough-looking dudes to play Serizawa’s army,...
- 7/13/2008
- by Mack
- Screen Anarchy
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