Chakushin ari

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Thanks for posting that, Aaron. I shall try and see the film whenever i can. I'll probably have to wait until Universal Video and Laser do a cheap HK copy ;)
 
I agree with what you said about Nakata's mother figures- they also seem to go to absurd lengths to appease these spirits- Reiko in Ringu endangers her father's life in order to save her son, while Yoshimi leaves her daughter in the care of a father who doesn't seem to be ideally suited to raising a child. Just out of interest, is this something taken from Koji Suzuki's original works or is it something the scriptwriters added? I know Dark Water was only a short story with a brief mention of the divorce which leads me to think Nakata added it. I haven't seen Ghost Actress or Chaos yet, so I can't say whether the idea appears in Nakata's other films. Can anyone help? 
 
Jim.

Aaron Gerow <aaron.gerow at yale.edu> wrote:
It's been a while since I announced one of my reviews (what with the 
move and all), but here's to let you know that my review of Miike's 
Chakushin ari is now on the Daily Yomiuri site.

http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/index-e.htm


Aaron Gerow
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Film Studies Program/East Asian Languages and Literatures
Yale University
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