Genre:
Fantasy
Release Date: 05/13/2008
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Japanese
Sound: DD2
Run Time: 130 Minutes
Distributor/Studio: Cinema Epoch
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.
~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide