Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Big Bang Love, Juvenile A (46-Okunen No Koi)

Directed by world-renowned filmmaker Takashi Miike and based on the novel by Ato Masaki, this visually stunning tale centers on the tumultuous and passionate relationship between two young gay prisoners inside a juvenile detention center. With outstanding performances from Ryuhei Matsuda and Masanobu Ando, this captivating homoerotic thriller marks another notable entry in the controversial director's considerable oeuvre.

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*sorry...couldn't find a trailer*

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Called "one of the most unsettling horror directors alive" by the New York Daily News, Takashi Miike lives up to that reputation with this disturbing shocker. An American journalist (Billy Drago) is searching for a prostitute in 19th-century Japan; what he finds instead is a deformed courtesan with a tale of unspeakable cruelty. Based on a Japanese horror novel, this presentation is the first uncensored version to be available in America.

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You'll have to see this movie in order to put these images into context, but let me tell you, as painfully wince-inducing as the torture scenes were, the golden moment where the talking hand shows up was all laughs!