Demon Pond [J-Movie] (Shinji Takeda, Tomoko Tabata, Ryuhei Matsuda)
Starring: Shinji Takeda Tomoko Tabata Ryuhei Matsuda
Release Date: 05/13/2008
Format: DVD
Director: Takashi Miike
Genre: Fantasy
Style: Filmed Play
American fans of maverick Japanese director Takashi Miike may lament the fact that they have never had the privilege of seeing one of his stage productions firsthand, though with this release of Miike’s popular, Kabuki-inspired play Demon Pond they can experience the next best thing to being there. A minimalist adaptation of the traditional fairy tale by Kyoka Izumi, Demon Pond played to sold out audiences across Japan. The story interweaves the tale of a man who sets out in search his missing friend with a surreal journey into a world inhabited by bizarre creatures and a lovelorn princess. A pact has been made that cannot be broken, and as the man’s search intensifies he ventures ever deeper into a place where the real and the surreal meet. Shinji Takaeda, Ryuhei Matsuda, Yasuko Matsuyaki, and Kenichi Endo star.
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Drop me a cat [C-Movie] (Shinji Takeda, Terri Kwan, Yu-chen Chang)
Director: Mi-sen Wu
Writer: Mi-sen Wu (writer)
Release Date: 14 June 2003 (Taiwan)
Genre: Adventure
Plot Keywords: Roof | Television Show | Urban | Stewardess | Underpass
Awards: 2 wins & 1 nomination
Cast
Shinji Takeda
Terri Kwan
Yu-chen Chang
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Che-ying Liu
Sue Wang
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In 1999, the year before the millennium, Hei-shu, who has been unemployed for a long time, manages to get a job in a local brass band playing for funerals and weddings. One day, Hei-shu’s cat disappears. Roughly at the same time, a new neighbour moves in. Hei-shu keeps putting food out for the cat because he is convinced that it will come back one day. Later he suspects that the cat turned into a young woman, Yokulut.
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