Kyoko (Kyoko Hasegawa) is a successful novelist whose latest work is especially popular among readers. However, despite her popularity, Kyoko feels somewhat empty and haunted by the memory of her twin sister Shoko (Yuu Suzuki) whose demise, caused by Kyoko herself, has been the cause of numerous nightmares.
Feeling guilty for having left her for dead, Kyoko travels back to the circus tent where she performed together with Shoko and their benefactor Yoshii (Atsuro Watabe) only to find the past is anything but dead but lurking within the insides of her sister’s last resting place.
Following the concept of the omnibus film “Three” (2002) which featured the works of Peter Chan, Kim Jee-woon and Nonzee Nimibutr, “Three … Extremes” consists of short films by various Asian filmmakers dealing with the general subject of extremes. After “Dumplings” by Fruit Chan and “Cut” by Park Chan-wook, Japanese director Takashi Miike...
Feeling guilty for having left her for dead, Kyoko travels back to the circus tent where she performed together with Shoko and their benefactor Yoshii (Atsuro Watabe) only to find the past is anything but dead but lurking within the insides of her sister’s last resting place.
Following the concept of the omnibus film “Three” (2002) which featured the works of Peter Chan, Kim Jee-woon and Nonzee Nimibutr, “Three … Extremes” consists of short films by various Asian filmmakers dealing with the general subject of extremes. After “Dumplings” by Fruit Chan and “Cut” by Park Chan-wook, Japanese director Takashi Miike...
- 8/8/2019
- by Rouven Linnarz
- AsianMoviePulse
UK distributor Momentum Pictures will be releasing Max Mannix’s Rain Fall on DVD later this month.
Based on the first novel of Barry Eisler’s popular series, the film stars Kippei Shiina as a half-Japanese assassin named John Rain who specializes in clean kills which mimic the appearance of natural deaths. Rain is forced to serve as bodyguard to a beautiful young woman named Midori (Kyoko Hasegawa), who happens to be the daughter of one of his victims, when it’s revealed that she may hold the key to exposing high-level governmental corruption.
Rain is a former member of the U.S. Special Forces. While serving in Vietnam, he was betrayed by a man who later became the head of CIA operations in Tokyo, William Holtzer (Gary Oldman). With nowhere to run, and his old nemesis gunning for both him and Midori, Rain depends on a trustworthy former adversary...
Based on the first novel of Barry Eisler’s popular series, the film stars Kippei Shiina as a half-Japanese assassin named John Rain who specializes in clean kills which mimic the appearance of natural deaths. Rain is forced to serve as bodyguard to a beautiful young woman named Midori (Kyoko Hasegawa), who happens to be the daughter of one of his victims, when it’s revealed that she may hold the key to exposing high-level governmental corruption.
Rain is a former member of the U.S. Special Forces. While serving in Vietnam, he was betrayed by a man who later became the head of CIA operations in Tokyo, William Holtzer (Gary Oldman). With nowhere to run, and his old nemesis gunning for both him and Midori, Rain depends on a trustworthy former adversary...
- 3/22/2010
- Nippon Cinema
You can’t go wrong with Gary Oldman in a movie about a hitman, a pretty girl, and evil CIA assassins. The film, which we reported on last year but have heard nothing about since, is called “Rain Fall”, and my guess is that Gary Oldman either plays the head of those evil CIA guys, or, well, he’s probably the head of the evil CIA guys. I’m just guessing, of course, but you don’t pay Gary Oldman and not have him play the heavy. It’s just wrong. Directed by the very cool-sounding Max Mannix, the movie is based on a novel by Barry Eisler, and has an assassin protecting the daughter of one of his victims against other assassins. Probably because he feels bad for whacking her old man or something. That seems to happen a lot in movies about assassins, if you haven’t noticed.
- 2/18/2009
- by Nix
- Beyond Hollywood
Reportedly budgeted at a final of $12m and currently in post-production after shooting in both New York and Tokyo, Rain Fall headlines Gary Oldman as a CIA agent in a Tokyo bureau who is up against the assassin John Rain played by Kippei Shiina. As I'm a big fan of Gary Oldman's work, I'm definitely looking forward to this. "Based on the best-selling novel by Barry Eisler, the film stars Japanese actor Kippei Shiina (Shinobi, Sakuran) as the assassin John Rain who is forced to protect the daughter of one of his own targets. Oldman plays the chief officer of the CIA Tokyo bureau, while Kyoko Hasegawa (Nanayo) plays the daughter." If you head over to the official website which is linked after the break, you can find a few production stills.
Rain Fall official website
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Rain Fall official website
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- 10/2/2008
- QuietEarth.us
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