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Imprint

Imprint

Horror · TV Movie · 2006

An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.

Movie details

Imprint

“Watch your mouth.”

2006 Horror · TV Movie 1h 3m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

6.9 / 10

Community rating

An American journalist travels through 19th-century Japan to find the prostitute he fell in love with but instead learns of the physical and existential horror that befell her after he left.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

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The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Takashi Miike

Written by

Daisuke Tengan

Billy Drago

Billy Drago

Christopher

Youki Kudoh

Youki Kudoh

Woman

Miho Ninagawa

Miho Ninagawa

Pregnant Woman

Michié

Michié

Komomo

Shihou Harumi

Shihou Harumi

Laborer #1

Magi

Magi

Laborer #2

H

Hiroshi Kuze

Boatman

Court is in session

Put Imprint on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.