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 INFECTION
aka
Kansen
2005
Japan
Color
Rated:R
98 min.
Written
& Directed by:
Masayuki Ochiai
Producer:
Taka Ichise
Cast:
Koichi
Sato, Masanobu Takashima, Mari Hoshino, Michiko Hada, Kaho Minami,
Shiro Sano.
Lions Gate Films DVD
DVD
Features:
• 16:9 Widescreen
• Japanese 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital
• Scene Selection Menu
• Trailers
• English and Spanish Subtitles
Kyonsi
Infection Film Facts |
The
actors in INFECTION have a fairly impressive combined
filmography between them, a few are in popular films
like Ring: The Final Chapter, The Grudge,
Battle Royale II, Rampo, Ichi the Killer, Tomie: Replay,
Evil Dead Trap 3, Evil Dead Trap 2,
Samurai Resurrection, Inugami, Ring 2: Spiral, Godzilla:
Final Wars. This cast has some extremely impressive
Japanese horror films on their resumes. Producer Taka
Ichise is the man producing films like Ju-on: The
Grudge 3 (Upcoming), The Grudge 2,
Premonition (Yogen) will be on LGF in USA,
The Grudge (US), Ju-on: The Grudge 2, Ju-on: The Grudge,
Dark Water, Gore From Outer Space, Ju-on: The Curse
2,
Crazy Lips, Ring Ø: Birthday, Ring 2, Ring
2: Spiral,
Ringu and more. The Director Masayuki Ochiai has done
Tales
of the Unusual ("One Snowy Night" segment),
The Hypnotist, and Parasite Eve in Japanese horror
genre.
Notes compiled By Allen F. (Kyonsi)
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Infection
Director Masayuki
Ochiai
Still
Image from Lions Gate Films
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Infection
is extremely contagious..
Review:
Allen F.
Still
Image from Lions Gate Films
Infection
is the first installment in the Japanese J-Horror series of
films that are going to be released over a period of time. The
next film coming in the series will be "Premonition"
and it is releasing very soon. The Director Masayuki
Ochiai has done a wonderfully haunting job with this film, that's
Produced by Japanese Horror heavyweight Taka Ichise of Ju-On
fame and more (see film facts below). Lions Gate has done am
amazing job with this release on DVD and its a good start to
what looks like will become the reigning Japanese/Asian horror
series of 2005. A really great horror films as well as a bit
of a social message about the state of healthcare and corruption
in Japanese hospitals.
Screen
Shot By Kyonsi.com
The
DVD is amazingly clear and the sound is top notch as well. The
film is eerily and has an haunting and sometimes disturbing
feel. Infection is wonderfully shot and has great camera work
as well as effective and gory special effects. The DVD id widescreen
with Japanese Language Dolby sound, Trailers, Animated menus,
and Clear and correctly translated English Subtitles (always
a plus with foreign films). Also it has Espanola subtitles for
the spanish viewers.
This
film is straight horror and tells the story of a night shift
at an ailing hospital of overworked and understaffed personal
that haven't even gotten they're paychecks in sometime. The
hospital gets a delivery of a patient, although they do not
want to accept the patient. The patient has some kind of strange
flesh eating like disease. The staff is then sidetracked with
a accidental death of a patient that stems from lack of experience
and training on a nurses behalf. The hospital is running low
on supplies as well and treatment of the patients is at an all
time low. One nurse cannot even administer a shot or draw blood
correctly and make numerous attempts to take blood from a burn
victim in their care. Add to all this incompetence the bizarre
flesh eating diseased patient (left behind by the ambulance)
by now starting to meltdown escaping into the air ducts, the
death of the burned patient, a mentally ill (or is she?) patient
that sees the dead in mirrors and window reflections and some
visiting ghosts (look for the headless one) for good measure.
Not to mention the scandalous death cover up and a bit of a
mad scientist on the staff.
Actual
Menu Screen Shot by Kyonsi.com
Much
more happens as the mental and physical heath of the staff and
patients rapidly begins to deteriorate. I cannot tell you the
ending of course but there is a twist or two that will really
through you for a loop. An all in all cool movie and the best
Japanese horror film of the year 2005 so far. Stay tuned for
Premonition and more to come. A big thanks to Lions Gate for
releasing this in the USA and a job well done, LGF gets a big
plus for this release from Kyonsi as well as the still upcoming
J-Horror Theater full length segments still to come.
A++
Highly Recommended!.....
By
Allen F. (Kyonsi Editor)
Very
Special Thanks to the Lions Gate Publicity Dept. for making
this feature possible.
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