By Spencer Nafekh-Blanchette
Six years after “Cure” solidified Kiyoshi Kurosawa as a maestro of slow-burn horror, the director does a victory lap with “Retribution.” It might not amount to his J-horror masterpiece, but feels equally dreadful and haunting.
Noboru Yoshioka is a detective who finds himself wrapped up in a mysterious murder case after the corpse of an unknown woman in a red dress is discovered at a Tokyo waterfront. Not much later, Yoshioka visits the scene of the crime and hears screaming but cannot pinpoint where it is coming from. As more evidence begins to turn up within the course of a few days, Yoshioka is terrified to discover that the only viable suspect is himself, even though he has no recollection of doing anything.
As is characteristic of Kurosawa’s directorial style, the mystery in “Retribution” does not solve itself, but merely becomes more surreal and psychologically complex as it progresses.
Six years after “Cure” solidified Kiyoshi Kurosawa as a maestro of slow-burn horror, the director does a victory lap with “Retribution.” It might not amount to his J-horror masterpiece, but feels equally dreadful and haunting.
Noboru Yoshioka is a detective who finds himself wrapped up in a mysterious murder case after the corpse of an unknown woman in a red dress is discovered at a Tokyo waterfront. Not much later, Yoshioka visits the scene of the crime and hears screaming but cannot pinpoint where it is coming from. As more evidence begins to turn up within the course of a few days, Yoshioka is terrified to discover that the only viable suspect is himself, even though he has no recollection of doing anything.
As is characteristic of Kurosawa’s directorial style, the mystery in “Retribution” does not solve itself, but merely becomes more surreal and psychologically complex as it progresses.
- 11/18/2020
- by Guest Writer
- AsianMoviePulse
MADRID - Tarsem Singh's fantastical epic "The Fall" won the top honor for best film at Sitges' International Film Festival of Catalonia, an important fantasy film event, organizers announced Saturday.
The Indian/US/U.K. co-production tells of the relationship between a little girl with a broken collar bone who meets a bedridden man in a hospital. The man starts telling her a story that intertwines fiction and reality.
Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's horror film "REC" did well at the festival, earning its directorial team the best director nod and seeing its Manuela Velasco take the best actress award.
Sam Rockwell won the best actor award for his role in George Ratliff's horror film "Joshua", featuring the traumatic arrival of a newborn sister for a nine-year-old boy.
Chung Seo-Kyung and Park Chan-Wook took the best script award for "I'm a Cyborg but That's OK", while Esmir Filho's "Saliva" won the best short.
Japanese films took a handful of awards. Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django" won best cinematography (Toyomichi Kurita) and production design (Takashi Sasaki), while Katsuhiro Otomo's "Mushishi" won the special effects and soundtrack (Kuniaki Haishima).
The Indian/US/U.K. co-production tells of the relationship between a little girl with a broken collar bone who meets a bedridden man in a hospital. The man starts telling her a story that intertwines fiction and reality.
Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza's horror film "REC" did well at the festival, earning its directorial team the best director nod and seeing its Manuela Velasco take the best actress award.
Sam Rockwell won the best actor award for his role in George Ratliff's horror film "Joshua", featuring the traumatic arrival of a newborn sister for a nine-year-old boy.
Chung Seo-Kyung and Park Chan-Wook took the best script award for "I'm a Cyborg but That's OK", while Esmir Filho's "Saliva" won the best short.
Japanese films took a handful of awards. Takashi Miike's "Sukiyaki Western Django" won best cinematography (Toyomichi Kurita) and production design (Takashi Sasaki), while Katsuhiro Otomo's "Mushishi" won the special effects and soundtrack (Kuniaki Haishima).
- 10/15/2007
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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