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Gemini (DVD) (Special Edition) (Limited Edition) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version)
Gemini (DVD) (Special Edition) (Limited Edition) (English Subtitled) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2
(1)Our Price: US$11.25Related promotions:July 23, 2007 An Elegant, yet Jarring FilmGemini is definitely not your average, cut-and-dried Japanese horror film. Actually, in this case, the term horror film seems nothing more than a misnomer. This is an elegant, haunting film, set in the Meiji period of Japan (following the Russo-Japanese War), with an ominous and unique cyber punk aesthetic. It reveals a complex plotline, which expands upon the original tale (written by Edogawa Rampo), through character development and in an engaging and thought-provoking way. But nothing in this movie is simply fed to its audience; it is the audiences duty to observe and absorb this film experience and to interpret the films meaning in their own way.
Shinya Tsukamoto and Masahiro Motoki are extremely talented and really make this movie what it is. I highly recommend this film above all other film adaptations of Rampos work.
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