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Serpent's Path (1998 Film)
is a 1998 Japanese crime thriller film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and written by Hiroshi Takahashi. It follows the story of two men who engage in kidnapping and torture in order to discover the identity of a child murderer. The film stars Show Aikawa as Nijima, a calm professional, and Teruyuki Kagawa as Miyashita, a grieving ex-yakuza. Positioned by Kurosawa as a continuation of his V-Cinema productions, the production company Daiei ensured that it had a theatrical release. The film has since become a cult classic. A 2024 remake written and directed by Kurosawa uses the same premise but is set in France. Plot Arriving at an abandoned warehouse on the edge of town, two men drag a man from the boot of their car and chain him to a wall in the warehouse. A former low-level yakuza member named Miyashita has enlisted his friend Nijima (a schoolteacher) to track down the person who kidnapped and murdered his daughter. Miyashita watches home video footage of his daughter obsessively ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
is a Japanese film director, screenwriter, film critic, author, actor, and a former professor at Tokyo University of the Arts (2005-2023). Noted for his psychological films that often focus on ambiguous narratives and on their characters' inner turmoils and quests for meaning and connections, he is best known for his contributions to psychological horror and Japanese horror, notably his acclaimed 1997 film '' Cure'', although he has also worked in a variety of other genres. While most of his work has been in Japanese, two of his films, '' Daguerrotype'' (2016) and '' Serpent's Path'' (2024; a remake of his own 1998 film of the same name), were in French. Early life and education Born in Kobe on July 19, 1955, Kiyoshi Kurosawa started making films about his life in high school. He studied at Rikkyo University in Tokyo under the guidance of prominent film critic Shigehiko Hasumi, where he began making 8mm films. He is not related to director Akira Kurosawa. Care ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Damien Bonnard
Damien Bonnard (born 22 July 1978) is a French actor. Filmography References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bonnard, Damien 1978 births Living people French male film actors 21st-century French male actors People from Alès Male actors from Occitania (administrative region) Most Promising Actor Lumières Award winners ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Films About Torture
A film, also known as a movie or motion picture, is a work of visual art that simulates experiences and otherwise communicates ideas, stories, perceptions, emotions, or atmosphere through the use of moving images that are generally, since the 1930s, synchronized with sound and (less commonly) other sensory stimulations. Etymology and alternative terms The name "film" originally referred to the thin layer of photochemical emulsion on the celluloid strip that used to be the actual medium for recording and displaying motion pictures. Many other terms exist for an individual motion-picture, including "picture", "picture show", "moving picture", "photoplay", and "flick". The most common term in the United States is "movie", while in Europe, "film" is preferred. Archaic terms include "animated pictures" and "animated photography". "Flick" is, in general a slang term, first recorded in 1926. It originates in the verb flicker, owing to the flickering appearance of early films. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Crime Thriller Films
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ko Shibasaki
is a Japanese actress and singer who has performed in television shows, movies, and commercials. She is managed by Stardust Promotion. Biography Acting career Ko (also transcribed Kou and Koh) Shibasaki debuted in 2000, when she portrayed Mitsuko Souma in '' Battle Royale.'' Shibasaki also won critical acclaim for her role as Tsubaki Sakurai in the 2001 film '' Go'', which earned her several awards, including the Best Supporting Actress Award of Japanese Academy, the Hōchi Movie Award, and the Kinema Junpō Award. In 2013, Shibasaki made her U.S. film debut in '' 47 Ronin'', a Keanu Reeves-led adaptation of the '' Chushingura'' story of samurai loyalty and revenge. The film was billed as the first ever English-language adaptation of the legend, based on historical events in the early 18th century. In 2017, she played the main character Ii Naotora in the NHK Taiga drama TV series '' Naotora: The Lady Warlord''. Before the series was filmed, Shibasaki visited the grave of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
License To Live
is a 1998 Japanese drama film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa. The film was released in 1998 with mostly positive reviews. Plot Twenty-four-year-old Yutaka Yoshii wakes up in a hospital room after lying in a coma for ten years. His family is nowhere to be found with only the man who was responsible for his accident and subsequent coma comes to visit him and gives him money. Shortly after, he is picked up by his father's old loner friend, Fujimori who takes him to his fish farm to live that resides on the Yoshii family plot. From here on, he is assorted a number of odd jobs around the farm. While an adult physically, Yutaka displays childlike behavior mentally and finds it difficult to adjust to his new life. The most notable aspect of this was when he was forcefully taken to a prostitute by Fujimori. He also hangs out with his childhood friends time to time. His family eventually comes to visit him one by one after learning about his recovery. His father comes by first and learns th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Show Aikawa
is a Japanese actor. Career Show Aikawa was born in Tokushima Prefecture, Tokushima and raised in Kagoshima Prefecture, Kagoshima. Aikawa has appeared in a number of Kiyoshi Kurosawa's films, including ''Eyes of the Spider'', ''Serpent's Path'', ''License to Live'', ''Seance'', and ''Pulse (2001 film), Pulse''. Filmography Films * ''Orugoru'' (1989) * ''Neo Chinpira: Zoom Goes the Bullet'' (1990) * ''The Pale Hand'' (1990) * ''Gokudo no Onna Tachi: Saigo no Tatakai'' (1990) * ''Shishio Tachi no Natsu'' (1991) * ''The Passage to Japan'' (1991) * ''Torarete Tamaruka!'' (1992) * ''Shishio Tachi no Saigo'' (1993) * ''Torarete Tamaruka! 2'' (1993) * ''A New Love in Tokyo'' (1994) * ''Like a Rolling Stone (film), Like a Rolling Stone'' (1994) * ''Torarete Tamaruka! 3'' (1994) * ''Kitanai Yatsu'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Heist'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Escape'' (1995) * ''Suit Yourself or Shoot Yourself: The Loot'' (1995) * ''Suit You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cure (film)
is a 1997 Japanese neo-noir psychological horror film written and directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Kōji Yakusho, Masato Hagiwara, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yoriko Dōguchi and Yukijirō Hotaru. The story follows a detective investigating a string of gruesome murders where an X is carved into the neck of each victim, and the murderer is found near the victim of each case and remembers the crime but does not know why they did it. The film is Kurosawa and Yakusho's first collaboration. Originally entitled , the film's name was changed due to the Tokyo subway sarin attack perpetrated by Aum Shinrikyo that happened while the film was in production. To avoid suggesting a religious cult connection to the crimes in the story, it was retitled ''Cure'' at the suggestion of a Daiei Film producer. The film was released by Shochiku-Fuji Company on December 27, 1997. It received widespread positive reviews from critics, and is considered a progenitor of the explosion of Japanes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serpent's Path (2024 Film)
''Serpent's Path'' () is a 2024 thriller film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa starring Damien Bonnard and Ko Shibasaki. A French-language remake of Kurosawa's 1998 film of the same name, ''Serpent's Path'' screened at the 2024 San Sebastián International Film Festival. Premise Grieving father Albert enlists Japanese psychiatrist Sayoko to exact revenge on members of The Circle, an organ trafficking organization involved in the death of his eight-year-old daughter. Cast * Damien Bonnard as Albert Bacheret * Ko Shibasaki as Sayoko Mijima * Mathieu Amalric as Laval * Grégoire Colin as Pierre Guérin * Hidetoshi Nishijima as Yoshimura, Sayoko's patient * Munetaka Aoki as Soichiro, Sayoko's husband Production According to Kurosawa, the film originated with Cinefrance Studios' offer to remake one of his prior films in France. Kurosawa and French journalist Aurélien Ferenczi wrote the new version of the screenplay, changing the gender of the doctor role from the original screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
