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Loft (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Malaysia Version)

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Renowned for his horror titles, Japanese writer-director Kurosawa Kiyoshi has a knack for getting under the skin and into the mind with deep, unsettling films that challenge the boundaries of the genre. From his 1997 breakthrough film Cure to the most recent Sakebi, Kurosawa brings to his work a sense of brooding existentialism amidst the thrills and chills. The director's 2006 film Loft bears his trademark motifs and shooting style, painting a restrained and haunting supernatural tale. The film stars top actress Nakatani Miki (Memories of Matsuko), Toyokawa Etsushi (Hula Girls), and Nishijima Hidetoshi (Casshern).

Suffering from writer's block and some curious ailments, Reiko (Nakatani Miki) moves to a countryside villa at her editor's (Nishijima Hidetoshi) beckoning to quietly work on her next novel. Her new environment turns out to be anything but peaceful though when she sights her next door neighbor, professor Minoru Yoshioka (Toyokawa Etsushi), surreptitiously moving a thousand-year-old mummified corpse into his university lab for research. Though Reiko and Yoshioka get off to a bumpy start, the two grow closer over time, enough so that Reiko eventually agrees to hide the mummy in her home. But the mummy isn't the only unlikely guest in her walls, as a female ghost also lurks disturbingly in the background. At first seemingly a quick trick of the eye, she grows clearer and more distinct by the day...

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Product Title: Loft (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Malaysia Version) 藏屍樓 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (馬來西亞版) 藏尸楼 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (马来西亚版) Loft (DVD) (マレーシア版) Loft (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Malaysia Version)
Artist Name(s): Adachi Yumi | Osugi Ren | Nishijima Hidetoshi | Suzuki Sawa | Kato Haruhiko | Nakatani Miki (Actor) | Toyokawa Etsushi (Actor) 安達祐實 | 大杉漣 | 西島秀俊 | 鈴木砂羽 | Kato Haruhiko | 中谷美紀 (Actor) | 豐川悅司 (Actor) 安达佑实 | 大杉涟 | 西岛秀俊 | 铃木砂羽 | Kato Haruhiko | 中谷美纪 (Actor) | 丰川悦司 (Actor) 安達祐実 | 大杉漣 | 西島秀俊 | 鈴木砂羽 | 加藤晴彦 | 中谷美紀 (Actor) | 豊川悦司 (Actor) Adachi Yumi | Osugi Ren | Nishijima Hidetoshi | Suzuki Sawa | Kato Haruhiko | Nakatani Miki (Actor) | Toyokawa Etsushi (Actor)
Director: Kurosawa Kiyoshi 黑澤清 黑泽清 黒沢清 Kurosawa Kiyoshi
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Release Date: 2007-06-15
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese, Malay
Country of Origin: Malaysia, Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Publisher: PMP Entertainment (M) SDN. BHD.
Package Weight: 120 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1004878542

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春明禮子(中谷美紀飾) 是一個曾獲芥川文學獎的很有前途的 女作家,由於正埋頭寫的一部戀愛小說遇上了創作的瓶頸,身 體狀況開始變差。在相當擔心禮子的責任編輯木島(西島秀俊 飾)的勸說之下禮子決定搬到郊外的一棟古舊的獨立洋房里居 住。

在這棟被森林和沼澤包圍著的寂靜的洋房對面是一棟廢墟般 的空置房屋。一天晚上,禮子看到一個男人把一個用薄布包裹 著的不明物體偷偷地搬進那棟空房子里。後來,禮子得知那個 男人是叫做吉岡城(豐川悅司飾)的大學教授,那棟空房子是相 模大學的研究所,並且,在翻查大學資料的時候禮子還發現了 一條“考古學組從沼澤里打撈到了一條千年木乃伊”的新聞。為 了得到更多詳盡資料,禮子和她的朋友野野村(鈴木砂羽飾)一起前往拜訪教育電影公司的村上(加藤 晴彥飾)。村上的公司里有一部題為《綠沼里的木乃伊》的紀錄 片。透過這部戰前拍攝的紀錄片隱約可以看到一個類似木乃伊 的物體。漸漸地,禮子就被紀錄片里的殘留印象附身了似的。

持續研究木乃伊的吉岡沒有經過大學的同意就擅自把木乃伊 從原來的保管場所搬到了研究所里。那是一具一千年前掉落在 沼澤里,已經變成泥壯的女性木乃伊。就在這個時候,大學的 研究生們卻決定一起前往研究所集訓。吉岡為了不讓木乃伊的 存在被曝光便拜託禮子幫忙收藏木乃伊兩三天。禮子雖然答應 了吉岡的要求,卻像中了木乃伊的詛咒一樣開始不停地發噩夢 。研究所的秘密、吉岡和西村的奇怪行徑、以及之前就開始身 體不適等等各種怪事都輿木乃伊扯上關係。。。

Reiko merupakan antara penulis terlaris semenjak dia mula- mula menceburkan diri dalam bidang tersebut dalam usia yang masih muda. 10 tahun sudah berlalu dan beliau sudah tidak mendapat apa-apa pengertian dari penulisan dan ini meletakkannya dalam keadaan yang cukup menyiksakan.
Bagi mengatasi masalah tersebut, beliau berpindah dari bandar yang sibuk itu ke luar kota, tempat agak sunyi, seperti yang dicadangkan oleh editornya. Pada suatu hari, Reiko kebetulan bertembung dengan seorang pakar arkeologi, Yoshioka yang sedang membawa sesuatu yang kelihatan seperti mayat ke dalam bangunan yang usang yang telah ditinggalkan terletak berhadapan dengan tempat tinggalnya.

Banyak perkara pelik yang berlaku kepada Yoshioka semenjak beliau menjumpai mummia yang berusia lebih kurang 1000 tahun itu. Yoshioka cuba untuk membuang kesialan yang menimpa namun bukan mudah. Bagi membantah keputusan pihak Kolej tempat dia bekerja untuk menyangka mummia tersebut bagi tatapan umum, Yoshiko dengan senyap-senyap membawa keluar mummia tersebut dari kawasan sekolah dan meminta Reiko untuk menjaganya bagi pihaknya buat sementara. Namun begitu, perkara pelik mula terjadi kepada Reiko. Dia merasakan yang hidupnya mula terancam. Dia meminta pertolongan Yoshioka namun akhirnya mendapati yang mereka telah memperjudikan nasib dan takdir mereka...
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kurosawa's latest and, sadly, weakest film is made even less enjoyable by this bootleg-level transfer. the low grade video quality is unforgivably cropped to 4:3 which destroys practically every carefully composed shot. until another territory picks the film up for distribution, this is the only option for those of us in need of english subs. on this evidence i'd think twice before ordering another malaysian title. the film itself has proven controversial for the director, with few reviewers finding many elements to champion. despite some genuinely unsettling scenes and kurosawa's usual masterful sense of creepiness, the film loses its way in a mess of hackneyed romance, horror clichés and plot holes leaving the viewer confused as to the director's intentions.
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