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A [[ghost]] in a red dress soon starts appearing to him. As these apparitions become more intense and bizarre, similar murders occur with people killing loved ones for small infractions. All the perpetrators are found by Yoshioka as he searches for clues about the original murder. Eventually the drowned woman is identified. Yoshioka visits her parents, only to find she had a boyfriend who was extorting her parents, who happens to visit the house at the same time. He quickly confesses to the crime. |
A [[ghost]] in a red dress soon starts appearing to him. As these apparitions become more intense and bizarre, similar murders occur with people killing loved ones for small infractions. All the perpetrators are found by Yoshioka as he searches for clues about the original murder. Eventually the drowned woman is identified. Yoshioka visits her parents, only to find she had a boyfriend who was extorting her parents, who happens to visit the house at the same time. He quickly confesses to the crime. |
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Yoshioka is visited by the ghost again who reveals that she is not the murdered woman, but a ghost of a woman whom he saw in the window of an [[psychiatric hospital|asylum]] fifteen years ago who has died. All of the murderers took the ferry past the same asylum. Yoshioka sends his girlfriend away, afraid of what he might do to her. He goes to the asylum, where the woman in red agrees to forgive him for not helping her 15 years ago. He goes home, only to discover that he murdered his girlfriend 6 months ago. Going [[insane]], he tries to forget. He collects the bones, and goes to the asylum to pick up the ghost's bones. His partner arrives at his apartment like the bowl of water, which was used to commit the murder, empty as the ghost menaces him in the background. An [[earthquake]] occurs as the bowl is refilled. The ghost suddenly appears and drags him into the bowl. The film ends with Yoshioka walking in the street holding a bag containing his girlfriend's and the ghost's bones, with the ghost repeatedly saying "I am dead" and " |
Yoshioka is visited by the ghost again who reveals that she is not the murdered woman, but a ghost of a woman whom he saw in the window of an [[psychiatric hospital|asylum]] fifteen years ago who has died. All of the murderers took the ferry past the same asylum. Yoshioka sends his girlfriend away, afraid of what he might do to her. He goes to the asylum, where the woman in red agrees to forgive him for not helping her 15 years ago. He goes home, only to discover that he murdered his girlfriend 6 months ago. Going [[insane]], he tries to forget. He collects the bones, and goes to the asylum to pick up the ghost's bones. His partner arrives at his apartment like the bowl of water, which was used to commit the murder, empty as the ghost menaces him in the background. An [[earthquake]] occurs as the bowl is refilled. The ghost suddenly appears and drags him into the bowl. The film ends with Yoshioka walking in the street holding a bag containing his girlfriend's and the ghost's bones, with the ghost repeatedly saying "I am dead" and "So please, I want everyone to die too". |
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As F18, the ghost of the film, is seeking revenge from past events of which every protagonist is apparently responsible, the horror in ''Retribution'' has been seen by some as expressing some kind of social illness and collective guilt in our contemporary world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinepinion.blogspot.com/2007/07/retribution.html|title=Retribution|publisher=Cinepinion|date=July 6, 2007|accessdate=April 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.d-kaz.com/reviews/review.php?id=370|title=Retribution|publisher=d-kaz.com|date=February 21, 2007|accessdate=April 20, 2008}}</ref> |
As F18, the ghost of the film, is seeking revenge from past events of which every protagonist is apparently responsible, the horror in ''Retribution'' has been seen by some as expressing some kind of social illness and collective guilt in our contemporary world.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cinepinion.blogspot.com/2007/07/retribution.html|title=Retribution|publisher=Cinepinion|date=July 6, 2007|accessdate=April 20, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.d-kaz.com/reviews/review.php?id=370|title=Retribution|publisher=d-kaz.com|date=February 21, 2007|accessdate=April 20, 2008}}</ref> |
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== Trivia == |
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This film is part of the [[J-Horror Theater]] series. |
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* ''[[Infection (2004 film)|Infection]]'' (2004, Masayuki Ochiai), the first release. |
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* ''[[Premonition (2004 film)|Premonition]]'' (2004, Norio Tsuruta), the second release. |
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* ''[[Reincarnation (film)|Reincarnation]]'' (2006, Takashi Shimizu), the third release. |
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* ''Retribution'' (2006, Kiyoshi Kurosawa), the fourth release. |
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* ''[[Kaidan (2007 film)|Kaidan]]'' (2007, Hideo Nakata), the fifth release. |
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* ''[[Kyôfu]]'' (2010, Hiroshi Takahashi), the sixth and final release. |
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| Directed by | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Written by | Kiyoshi Kurosawa |
| Starring | Koji Yakusho Manami Konishi Riona Hazuki Tsuyoshi Ihara Joe Odagiri Ryo Kase |
| Cinematography | Akiko Ashizawa |
| Edited by | Nobuyuki Takahashi |
| Music by | Kuniaki Haishima |
| Distributed by | Avex Entertainment Xanadeux Company |
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Running time | 104 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
Retribution (叫, Sakebi) is a 2006 Japanese mystery film directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, starring Koji Yakusho, of a detective's investigation of serial murders that leads him to a mysterious woman in red who slowly draws him into the darkness.
Plot
Yoshioka, an experienced detective, investigates the murder of an unknown woman in a red dress. She was drowned on the Tokyo waterfront, but an autopsy reveals that her stomach is full of seawater. Moreover, all the clues he finds relate to himself: A button found at the murder scene matches one that is missing from his own coat, and fingerprints found match his own. Yoshioka realizes that the only viable suspect is himself; but he doesn’t remember a thing.
A ghost in a red dress soon starts appearing to him. As these apparitions become more intense and bizarre, similar murders occur with people killing loved ones for small infractions. All the perpetrators are found by Yoshioka as he searches for clues about the original murder. Eventually the drowned woman is identified. Yoshioka visits her parents, only to find she had a boyfriend who was extorting her parents, who happens to visit the house at the same time. He quickly confesses to the crime.
Yoshioka is visited by the ghost again who reveals that she is not the murdered woman, but a ghost of a woman whom he saw in the window of an asylum fifteen years ago who has died. All of the murderers took the ferry past the same asylum. Yoshioka sends his girlfriend away, afraid of what he might do to her. He goes to the asylum, where the woman in red agrees to forgive him for not helping her 15 years ago. He goes home, only to discover that he murdered his girlfriend 6 months ago. Going insane, he tries to forget. He collects the bones, and goes to the asylum to pick up the ghost's bones. His partner arrives at his apartment like the bowl of water, which was used to commit the murder, empty as the ghost menaces him in the background. An earthquake occurs as the bowl is refilled. The ghost suddenly appears and drags him into the bowl. The film ends with Yoshioka walking in the street holding a bag containing his girlfriend's and the ghost's bones, with the ghost repeatedly saying "I am dead" and "So please, I want everyone to die too".
Cast
- Koji Yakusho – Noboru Yoshioka
- Manami Konishi – Harue Nimura
- Riona Hazuki – F18
- Tsuyoshi Ihara – Toru Miyaji
- Joe Odagiri – Dr. Takagi
- Ryo Kase - Sailor
- Hiroyuki Hirayama – Young detective Sakurai
- Ikuji Nakamura - Shoichi Sakuma
- Kaoru Okunuki - Miyuki Yabe
- Hironobu Nomura - Seiji Onoda
Reception
Adam DiLeo of IGN gave Retribution a mixed review, saying that the films is worth seeing despite it is not on par with Kiyoshi Kurosawa's previous films such as Cure and Bright Future.[1] Derek Elley of Variety praised Koji Yakusho's performance, saying he "makes an ideal protagonist, one with whom the audience is never quite sure whether it can identify".[2]
As F18, the ghost of the film, is seeking revenge from past events of which every protagonist is apparently responsible, the horror in Retribution has been seen by some as expressing some kind of social illness and collective guilt in our contemporary world.[3][4]
References
- ^ DiLeo, Adam (June 25, 2007). "NY Asian Film Festival 07: Retribution". IGN.
- ^ Elley, Derek (October 10, 2006). "Review: "Retribution"". Variety.
- ^ "Retribution". Cinepinion. July 6, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2008.
- ^ "Retribution". d-kaz.com. February 21, 2007. Retrieved April 20, 2008.