"Masters of Horror" Imprint (2006)

Director:

Takashi Miike

Writers:

Mick Garris (creator)
Daisuke Tengan (teleplay)

TV Series:

"Masters of Horror" (2005)

Original Air Date:

25 February 2006 (Season 1, Episode 13)

Genre:

Horror

Plot:

In the Nineteenth Century, in Japan, the American journalist Christopher is traveling through the country searching Komomo...

Plot Keywords:

Prostitute | Brothel | Buddhist Monk | Midwife | Childbirth

Cast

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

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

Company:

IDT Entertainment

Trivia:

This episode was originally going to be shown on Showtime in January 2006, but the station banned it shortly before the broadcast. It debuted in America on DVD on September 26, 2006.

Quotes:

The Woman: This island isn't in the human world; demons and whores are the only ones living here.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Imprinting: The Making of 'Imprint' (2006) (V)

Masters of Horror... Great, Banning an episode...Lame.

I spend way too many hours reading reviews on movies (and shows) on this site. Yet, I am addicted to it and thus continue on. Normally, I feel that good, bad or indifferent, any review is a good review as long as the reviewer actually watched the film. This short film was pretty good in my opinion, and enough has been written about it where I don't feel I can contribute any more on that level. however, I am disappointed that more of us are not outraged that Showtime commissioned Miike to make a show, then ban it. Showtime is a paid premium network (read ADULT) I could understand if it were broadcast television, which has strict guidelines because children shouldn't see graphic stuff like this. But as an adult in an adult situation, I am absolutely anti censorship and think it is total BS that Showtime could lame out... Nobody should watch any of the Masters of Horror series at all if you can't handle disturbing imagery!!! For the sake of movie fans that are responsible adults, let us make our own decisions regarding censorship, I am absolutely certain that plenty of people out there who are unfamiliar with Miike films shut off this story before the half way point, nice, neat and tidy self censoring. Thank you for not bowing to the interests of lame corporate sponsors.