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Yamagata Scream (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) DVD Region 3

Takenaka Naoto (Actor, Director) | Narumi Riko (Actor) | Akira (EXILE) (Actor) | Akai Hidekazu (Actor)
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Japan's most prolific character actor Takenaka Naoto returns to the director's chair for the madcap horror comedy Yamagata Scream. While Takenaka's last directorial effort Sayonara Blue was a sensitive drama about romance and mortality, Yamagata Scream is a completely off-the-wall effort complete with fish-out-of-water samurai ghosts, village of zombies, and nonstop gags and parodies. Teen actress Narumi Riko (How to Become Myself) is game for both screams and laughs as the hapless heroine of this wacky shriek fest. Yamagata Scream co-stars veteran Iwamatsu Ryo, Maiko (Yama no Anata - Tokuichi no Koi), EXILE's Akira (Be Sure to Share), R&B singer Crystal Kay, Haru (Koizora), and Takenaka himself in a characteristically hilarious performance.

Schoolgirl Mikayo (Narumi Riko) is traveling to a village in Yamagata with her teacher (Maiko) and classmates to learn more about a historical event that occurred there 800 years ago. As the legend goes, defeated samurai Tsuzuranuki (Sawamura Ikki, Kafu wo Machiwabite) fled to the village with his lover (Narumi Riko) and retainer (Takenaka Naoto), only to get tortured and killed by the villagers. The village is supposedly cursed, but Mikayo couldn't care less as she has more pressing adolescent headaches to deal with. When the mayor (Namase Katsuhisa) knocks down the village monument commemorating Tsuzuranuki, however, he unwittingly releases the vengeful warrior spirits of yesteryear. With ghosts running amuck turning villagers into zombies, can Mikayo get out of Yamagata alive?

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Product Title: Yamagata Scream (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version) 山形怪嚇 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) 山形怪吓 (DVD) (中英文字幕) (香港版) 山形スクリーム Yamagata Scream (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)
Artist Name(s): Takenaka Naoto (Actor) | Narumi Riko (Actor) | Akira (EXILE) (Actor) | Akai Hidekazu (Actor) | Shinohara Tomoe (Actor) | Crystal Kay (Actor) | Nukumizu Youichi (Actor) | Ishibashi Renji (Actor) | Namase Katsuhisa (Actor) | Sawamura Ikki (Actor) | Oginome Keiko (Actor) | Saiki Shigeru (Actor) | Horota Reona (Actor) | David Ito (Actor) | Hida Yasuto (Actor) | Tanaka Yoji (Actor) | Musaka Naomasa (Actor) | Yuki Saori (Actor) | Iwamatsu Ryo (Actor) | Iguchi Noboru (Actor) | Saeki Arata (Actor) | Irie Saaya (Actor) | Maiko (Actor) | Kiritani Mirei (Actor) | Haru (Actor) 竹中直人 (Actor) | 成海璃子 (Actor) | Akira (EXILE) (Actor) | 赤井英和 (Actor) | 篠原友惠 (Actor) | 凱兒 克莉絲朵 (Actor) | 溫水洋一 (Actor) | 石橋蓮司 (Actor) | 生瀨勝久 (Actor) | 澤村一樹 (Actor) | 荻野目慶子 (Actor) | Saiki Shigeru (Actor) | Horota Reona (Actor) | David Ito (Actor) | 緋田康人 (Actor) | 田中要次 (Actor) | 六平直政 (Actor) | Yuki Saori (Actor) | 岩松了 (Actor) | 井口昇 (Actor) | 佐伯新 (Actor) | 入江紗綾 (Actor) | Maiko (Actor) | 桐谷美玲 (Actor) | 波瑠 (Actor) 竹中直人 (Actor) | 成海璃子 (Actor) | Akira (EXILE) (Actor) | 赤井英和 (Actor) | 篠原 友惠 (Actor) | 凯儿 克莉丝朵 (Actor) | 温水洋一 (Actor) | 石桥莲司 (Actor) | 生濑胜久 (Actor) | 泽村一树 (Actor) | 荻野目庆子 (Actor) | Saiki Shigeru (Actor) | Horota Reona (Actor) | David Ito (Actor) | 绯田康人 (Actor) | 田中要次 (Actor) | 六平直政 (Actor) | Yuki Saori (Actor) | 岩松了 (Actor) | 井口升 (Actor) | 佐伯新 (Actor) | 入江纱绫 (Actor) | Maiko (Actor) | 桐谷美玲 (Actor) | 波瑠 (Actor) 竹中直人 (Actor) | 成海璃子 (Actor) | AKIRA (Actor) | 赤井英和 (Actor) | 篠原ともえ (Actor) | Crystal Kay (Actor) | 温水洋一 (Actor) | 石橋蓮司 (Actor) | 生瀬勝久 (Actor) | 沢村一樹 (Actor) | 荻野目慶子 (Actor) | 斉木しげる (Actor) | 広田レオナ (Actor) | デビット伊東 (Actor) | 緋田康人 (Actor) | 田中要次 (Actor) | 六平直政 (Actor) | 由紀さおり (Actor) | 岩松了 (Actor) | 井口昇 (Actor) | 佐伯新 (Actor) | 入江紗綾 (Actor) | マイコ (Actor) | 桐谷美玲 (Actor) | 波瑠 (Actor) Takenaka Naoto (Actor) | Narumi Riko (Actor) | Akira (EXILE) (Actor) | Akai Hidekazu (Actor) | Shinohara Tomoe (Actor) | Crystal Kay (Actor) | Nukumizu Youichi (Actor) | Ishibashi Renji (Actor) | Namase Katsuhisa (Actor) | Sawamura Ikki (Actor) | Oginome Keiko (Actor) | Saiki Shigeru (Actor) | Horota Reona (Actor) | David Ito (Actor) | Hida Yasuto (Actor) | Tanaka Yoji (Actor) | Musaka Naomasa (Actor) | Yuki Saori (Actor) | Iwamatsu Ryo (Actor) | Iguchi Noboru (Actor) | Saeki Arata (Actor) | Irie Saaya (Actor) | Maiko (Actor) | Kiritani Mirei (Actor) | Haru (Actor)
Director: Takenaka Naoto 竹中直人 竹中直人 竹中直人 Takenaka Naoto
Release Date: 2011-03-11
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English, Traditional Chinese
Place of Origin: Japan
Picture Format: NTSC What is it?
Aspect Ratio: 1.78 : 1
Widescreen Anamorphic: Yes
Sound Information: Dolby Digital 5.1
Disc Format(s): DVD
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan) What is it?
Duration: 116 (mins)
Publisher: Panorama (HK)
Package Weight: 120 (g)
Shipment Unit: 1 What is it?
YesAsia Catalog No.: 1024154668

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Director: Naoto Takenaka

A business man and a girls high-school field trip accidentally awake the defeated samurai warriors of Yamagata who return to the village of Oshakabe as Zombies to take revenge against the descendants of the town folk who double crossed them and thus fulfil their ancient curse. The greedy businessman and the mayor of the town want to turn the site of the shrines into a money making scheme replete with spa hotels and theme parks. Our school girl hero Mikayo and her class mates must use all their courage and resourcefulness to defeat the samurai zombies. With the help of Mikayo’s mobile phone and the local barber turned shrine tender they battle the zombies and restore order to the town.
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Professional Review of "Yamagata Scream (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)"

April 13, 2011

Insane Japanese horror comedy Yamagata Scream sees popular actor Takenaka Naoto taking up the directorial reins once again, for a very different proposition to his romantic drama Sayonara Blue. The film might politely be described as eccentric, revolving around undead samurai, zombies, schoolgirls and pop culture gags, all thrown together in madcap, everything but the kitchen sink style. Taking the lead is teen actress Narumi Riko (How to Become Myself), with support from an impressive ensemble cast including veteran Iwamatsu Ryo (Sawako Decides, Maiko (Yama no Anata - Tokuichi no Koi), EXILE's Akira (Be Sure to Share), R&B singer Crystal Kay, and Haru (Koizora), with Takenaka himself making an appearance, along with cult Japanese gore director Iguchi Noboru (Robo Geisha, The Machine Girl) and others.

The film begins with troubled schoolgirl Mikayo (Narumi Riko) fleeing from her recently remarried father and going on a trip with 3 classmates and her lovelorn teacher (Maiko) to a remote village in Yamagata. The village has a dark past, being the site where a defeated samurai called Tsuzuranuki (Sawamura Ikki), his lover (also played by Narumi Riko) and several of his men were trapped and killed by the locals. After a shrine to the samurai is demolished by the mayor (Namase Katsuhisa) as part of a theme park development scheme, the warriors rise from the dead and set about menacing the populace, with Tsuzuranuki deciding that Mikayo is the reincarnation of his long lost love. Calling Yamagata Scream wacky or far out would be a gross understatement, as the film is a truly crazed affair, recalling The Evil Dead and Obayashi Nobuhiko's classic Hausu mashed together with non-stop random gag skits. The film really does have to be seen to be believed, and is a bizarre affair, even by the not exactly sedate standards of the Japanese comedy horror genre, over flowing with manic set pieces, lots of screaming and face pulling, with a cast that spend most of the running time in hysterics. Although the film is pretty much plot-free, with large swathes being undeniably random and senseless, it has an infectious sense of fun and energy, and whilst excessive is always entertaining.

Takenaka Naoto's direction fits the material perfectly, painting everything in bright colours and keeping things moving at a fast pace through constantly bombarding the viewer with nonsense of one sort or another. Also adding to the fun are a strange use of classical music mixed with bouncy pop on the soundtrack and some demented special effects, with the samurai being possessed of random and pointless powers such as occasional flight and glowing eyes. Also worthy of note is their talent for bringing their victims back to life to serve them as shuffling, muttering zombies, which they somehow achieve by heaving up huge volumes of luminous blue vomit on demand.

Even if parts of the film are baffling it does boast a very respectable hit ratio with its humour, especially for those who enjoy zany slapstick and off the wall spoofery. The undead samurai make for highly amusing goons, seeming to be quite unsure of their scheme and given to bickering with each other and going off on odd tangents. Fitting into the world of today with an admirable lack of culture shock, it's impossible not to laugh as they wander around the local convenience store, check out girly magazines, accessorise with modern clothing and generally have a fine old time. The rest of the cast are similarly likeable, with Narumi Riko and her pals never being too grating as the silly schoogirls, and Maiko and Namase Katsuhisa in particular also getting their fair share of laughs.

Of course, given the overall daftness of the film, the horror elements never result in any real frights, with the samurai never being any more threatening than the average Scooby Doo villain. This having been said, it does achieve a very enjoyable level of camp ghoulishness, with a surprisingly high body count as the samurai hack and slash their way through most of the villagers, often quite literally painting the screen red with geysers of blood. Despite this and a few instances of limb, head lopping and even a little chainsaw fun, it's hard to take any of it seriously, and the film is never gruesome or nasty.

As a result, Yamagata Scream is hugely entertaining, and though certainly more comedy than horror, it should be enjoyed by any and all genre fans with a sense of humour. Offering non-stop craziness from start to finish, though it rarely makes any sense, it's easily one of the most creative and cheerfully absurd films from Japan in some time.

by James Mudge - BeyondHollywood.com

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Customer Review of "Yamagata Scream (DVD) (English Subtitled) (Hong Kong Version)"

Average Customer Rating for this Edition: Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10 (1)

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November 25, 2014

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I scream, you scream, we all scream... Customer Review Rated Bad 6 - 6 out of 10
In director/actor Takenaka Naoto's "Yamagata Scream", a lovelorn teacher (Maiko) takes her four stereotypical students (the nerdy brainiac, the goth girl, the vain cute one, and the normal girl) on a field trip to learn about an episode in Japanese history. No matter that the destination is Japan's crummiest tourist trap, a remote backwater with a cheap monument dedicated to Heike warlord Tsuzuranuki and the woman he loved. The teacher's purpose isn't actually educational; rather, it is rumored that those who worship at this monument may find their soulmates there.

Upon arrival, the teacher and students find a squabble among the villagers over a plan to tear down the monument and build a gaudy Tsuzuranuki theme park in its place. When the monument gets toppled by a bulldozer, chaos is unleashed in the form of the resurrected Heike warlord and his ghastly sword-wielding minions. They slice and dice their way through the town's populace, with the victims soon rising again as mumbling, stumbling zombies. What are a teacher and her four unruly students to do?

Takenaka fills the screen with gags, goofiness, spurting blood, and vomiting zombies. The film's funniest bits show the resurrected warriors embracing present-day culture -- baseball caps, running shoes, girly magazines, etc. However, "Yamagata Scream doesn't prove to be nearly as funny or as horrifying as Takenaka surely intended. It's failure is attributable to one major flaw -- the villagers are presented as clownish, mentally defective hayseeds. This mistake leads to the comedy becoming overly broad and the horror of seeing these folks sliced up seem cartoonishly inconsequential. It's worth a look, but could have been so much better.
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