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"Masters of Horror" Imprint (2006)


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Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   2,666 votes
Director:
Takashi Miike
Writers:
Mick Garris (creator)
Daisuke Tengan (teleplay)
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Contact:
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Original Air Date:
25 February 2006 (Season 1, Episode 13)
Genre:
Horror more
Plot:
In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the American journalist Christopher is traveling through the country searching Komomo... more | add synopsis
User Comments:
A Living Hell more (83 total)

Cast

 (Episode Cast) (in credits order)
Youki Kudoh ... The Woman
Michié ... Komomo (as Michie)
Toshie Negishi ... Madam of the House
Billy Drago ... Christopher
Shiho Harumi ... Laborer #1
Magy ... Laborer #2
Shin'ichi Tokuhara ... Laborer #3
Takao Handa ... Yoshi, Laborer #4
Hiroshi Kuze ... Boatman
Miyuki Konno ... Dead Woman
Yutaka Matsuzaki ... Gate Keeper #1
Hiroshi Fujita ... Gate Keeper #2
Sachiko Matsuura ... Shamisen Player
Noriko Eguchi ... Whore #1
Megumu Takada ... Whore #2
Yuno ... Whore #3
Miho Harita ... Whore #4
Mame Yamada ... Touter
Tokitoshi Shiota ... Elderly Woman
Risa Uehara ... Girl with Blue Eyes
Kumiko Imai ... The Mother
Houka Kinoshita ... The Father

Miho Ninagawa ... Pregnant Woman
Suzuno Nomura ... Girl in Woman's Flashback
Seriyu Ichino ... Buddist Priest
Shinichi Tanaka ... Pimp
Yasushi Tomobe ... Woman's Customer
Shimako Iwai ... The Torturer
Katsuyuki Shimosugi ... Boy #1
Haruo Fukuhara ... Boy #2
Keita Murase ... Boy #3
Dong Wook Min ... Prison Guard #1
Takumi Matsumoto ... Prison Guard #2
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Episode Crew
Directed by
Takashi Miike 
 
Writing credits
Mick Garris (creator)

Daisuke Tengan (teleplay)

Shimako Iwai (novel "Bokkê, kyôtê")

Produced by
Keith Addis .... executive producer
Bo Altherr .... producer: special materials
Rie Arikawa .... associate producer
Morris Berger .... executive producer
Ben Browning .... co-producer
Stephen R. Brown .... executive producer (as Steve Brown)
Andrew Deane .... executive producer
Mick Garris .... executive producer
Adam Goldworm .... co-producer
John W. Hyde .... executive producer
Fumio Inoue .... producer
Takeo Kodera .... associate producer
Elizabeth Kushman .... associate producer
Jennie Lew Tugend .... producer
Yosuke Nakamura .... co-producer
Danielle Reardon .... associate producer
Lisa Richardson .... producer
Tom Rowe .... producer
Lauren Weissman .... producer (as Lauren C. Weissman)
Akira Yamamoto .... line producer
 
Original Music by
Kôji Endô  (as Kozy Endo Jr.)
 
Cinematography by
Toyomichi Kurita (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Yasushi Shimamura 
 
Casting by
Nancy Nayor  (as Nancy Nayor Battino)
Tsuyoshi Sugino 
Kelly Wagner  (as Kelly Martin Wagner)
 
Production Design by
Takashi Sasaki 
Hisashi Sasaki (uncredited)
 
Costume Design by
Michiko Kitamura 
 
Production Management
Margo Coughlin Zimmerman .... production manager: IDT Entertainment (as Margo Zimmerman)
Tatsuya Mouri .... production manager
Marie Norton .... administrative manager: IDT Entertainment
Zaida Rodriguez .... assistant manager: IDT Entertainment
Stacey Jade Smart .... executive in charge of production
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shinjiro Nishimura .... third assistant director
Trevor Ralph .... assistant director
Masato Tanno .... first assistant director
Yoshitaka Yamaguchi .... second assistant director
 
Art Department
Youji Daitoku .... set constructor
Shinsuke Kojima .... art designer
Kazuta Matsunaga .... property master
Hitomi Nimura .... set dresser
Satoko Saito .... art designer
Regan Steele .... set dresser
Jun Tsukane .... set dresser
 
Sound Department
Anke Bakker .... sound supervisor
Yukido Hotozuka .... boom operator
Masaki Ikeda .... boom operator
Minako Imai .... cable person
Kenji Shibazaki .... sound effects editor
Joshua Stevenson .... assistant dialogue editor
Hitoshi Tsurumaki .... sound mixer
 
Special Effects by
Yûichi Matsui .... special effects makeup (as Yuichi Matsui)
Akira Sakamoto .... gun effects
 
Visual Effects by
Mladen Miholjcic .... senior CGI artist: Anthem Visual Effects
Misako Saka .... CGI producer
 
Stunts
Lauro Chartrand .... additional stunt coordinator
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Cove .... second assistant camera
Toshiki Fukase .... third assistant camera
Seth Hettrick .... key rigging grip
Michiaki Kamochi .... electrician
Masao Kanazawa .... gaffer
Masato Kaneko .... first assistant camera
Kosuke Kasai .... second assistant camera
Kohei Kato .... fourth assistant camera
Daisuke Komada .... electrician
Hidenori Nagate .... best boy electric
Akihiro Shimura .... electrician
Yoshinori Ueno .... key grip
 
Editorial Department
Yuriko Hosono .... assistant editor
 
Music Department
James Fogel .... assistant score engineer
Jennifer Ross .... music supervisor
Ed Shearmur .... composer: theme music (as Edward Shearmur)
 
Transportation Department
Duane Shearer .... office driver
 
Other crew
Alan Abrams .... legal counsel
Kristi Blicharski .... publicist
Kristin Harris .... production coordinator: IDT Entertainment
Allison Mella Strina .... business and legal affairs (as Allison J. Mella)
Golan Ramras .... director of development: Kadokawa Pictures, USA
Christian Storms .... on-set interpreter
Christian Storms .... screenplay translator
Nadia Venesse .... dialect coach
 

Series Crew
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Writing credits
(in alphabetical order)
Mick Garris  creator

Makeup Department
Grady Holder .... dental prosthetics: K.N.B. EFX Group
Leanne Rae Podavin .... special makeup effects artist
Sherry Van Gool .... additional assistant makeup artist
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Raj Uppal .... first assistant director: second unit
 
Art Department
Martin P. Blaine .... lead carpenter
Bill Morrill .... lead carpenter
 
Sound Department
Kris Casavant .... assistant sound editor
Dario DiSanto .... foley editor
Talvinder Gill .... assistant sound editor
Shawn Miller .... sound mixer: second unit
 
Special Effects by
Ozzy Alvarez .... lab technician: K.N.B. EFX Group
Jenny Wallace .... special effects runner
 
Stunts
Byron Briscoe .... stunt double
Clint Carleton .... stunt double: Ethan Embry
Janina Dall .... stunt double
Jim Dunn .... stunt coordinator (12 episodes)
Ashlea Earl .... stunt double: Bree Turner
Lani Gelera .... stunt double
Jon Kralt .... stunt rider
James Ralph .... stunt double: William Forsythe
Jeff Sanca .... stunt driver
Sharon Simms .... stunt double
Eli Zagoudakis .... stunt double
 
Camera and Electrical Department
John Brown .... rigging lamp operator
Jeff Cassidy .... second assistant camera
T.C. Chapman .... rigging gaffer
Glen A. Dickson .... camera operator: "b" camera (episode: "Deer Woman")
David Gray .... still photographer
Gary Stamford .... gaffer: second unit
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Dawn Grey .... dresser
 
Music Department
Amanda Sobeck .... music coordinator
 
Transportation Department
John Sorenson .... driver
Larry Tardif .... driver: camera car and process trailer
 
Other crew
Ron Buck .... technical advisor: military
Simon Chin .... extras wrangler
Andrzej Dec .... assistant location manager (odd episodes)
Krista Johnston .... clearance
Darron Leiren-Young .... assistant production coordinator
Nathan Lomax .... key set production assistant (season 2)
Nathan Lomax .... office production assistant (season 2)
Pancho Mansfield .... network executive
Sandra Montgomery .... script supervisor: second unit
Rainer Scheelisch .... special equipment
Stephen Sobisky .... interactive designer
Ryan Steacy .... armorer
 
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Additional Details

Runtime:
63 min
Country:
USA | Japan
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Certification:
Hong Kong:III | France:-16 | USA:TV-MA | Australia:MA | Australia:R (2007) (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 (DVD release) | Argentina:18
Filming Locations:
Ashiocho, Tochigi, Japan more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Shimako Iwai, the author of the novel on which the film is based, appears as the sadistic torturer. more
Quotes:
The Woman: This island isn't in the human world; demons and whores are the only ones living here. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Imprinting: The Making of 'Imprint' (2006) (V) more

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10 out of 12 people found the following comment useful.
A Living Hell, 10 April 2008
8/10
Author: Claudio Carvalho from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the American journalist Christopher (Billy Drago) is traveling through the country searching Komomo (Michie), the missing love of his life that he had abandoned years ago promising to come back to her later. He arrives in a shadowy island inhabited by whores and caftans, where he has an encounter with a deformed prostitute that tells that his beloved Komomo had passed away. He drinks sake with her and later he asks the woman to tell the story of her life. The prostitute discloses a dark and cruel story about her life and the sad fate of Komomo.

The macabre "Imprint" is another disturbing and brutal movie of Takashi Miike. Using magnificent camera-work and impressive make-up in an awesome atmosphere, "Imprint" approaches gruesome and gore theme like abortion, fetus, incest, torture, perversions and abuse along 63 minutes running time of pure and sick horror with many twists. I confess that I felt uncomfortable and disturbed with the sadistic sequence of the torture of Komomo. Takashi Miike really honors the title of this series, being a Master of Horror. My vote is eight.

Title (Brazil): "Marcas do Terror" ("Marks of the Terror")

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