Thursday, October 23, 2008

Sôseiji (Gemini)

(1999) ****

Yukio is a renowned doctor who lived a lavish life in a beautiful house with his parents & his wife Rin. Yukio found Rin one day by the river, she has amnesia and remembers nothing of her life before meeting him.

Things begin to go wrong when his parents are suddenly and mysteriously killed. The assailant shows up and he looks identical to Yukio. He traps Yukio in an old well and takes his place.

He throws food down to Yukio and tortures him with tales of his intimacy with Rin. Who is this mysterious doppleganger? Yukio desperately needs to get out of the well and take his life back.


From here things begin to come together for us. The questions of Rin's mysterious past and of who Yukio's double is are answered for us. A beautifully done familiar tale of retribution and awakening. Another surprise for me since I had not heard of this film so I expected nothing special here. I really enjoyed the story. Special effects and gore are really great to watch but you just can't beat a good solid story. Nicely done.

3 comments:

JPX said...

Sounds like another terrific discovery, nicely done!

What the hell happened to our avatars?

Landshark said...

Sounds excellent.

Whirlygirl said...

It really sounds great!

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