Three...Extremes
Three reigning masters of Asian cinema team up on these macabre tales. DUMPLINGS finds a woman willing to go to extreme lengths to stay young. CUT features a film director faced with a diabolical dilemma designed by a disgruntled extra. And a young woman with a tragic past is confronted by Takashi Miike’s BOX.
Sponsors:
Comcast, Jones Soda Co., Scarecrow Video, Speakeasy, The Hong Kong Economic & Trade Office, San Francisco
Cast & Crew
Director: Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike
Producer: Peter Ho-Sun Chan
Editor: Shimamura Yasushi, Fruit Chan
Screenwriter: Fukushima Haruko, from a story by Saiko Bun, Lilian Lee, based on her novella, Park Chan-wook
Cinematographer: Kawakami Koichi, Christopher Doyle
Awards: Sitges FF 2004 (Best Make Up), Golden Horse FF 2004 (Best Supporting Actress)
Music: Chan Kwong-wing
Principal Cast: Hasegawa Kyoko, Watabe Atsuro, Miriam Yeung, Bai Ling, Tong Leung Ka-fai, Lee Byung-hun, Lim Won-hee
Filmography: Fruit Chan:; Hollywood Hong Kong (2001); Durian Durian (2000); Made in Hong Kong (1997); ; Park Chan-wook:; Old Boy (2003) ; Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) ; Joint Security Area (2000); ; Takashi Miike:; Izo (2004); The Happiness of the Katakuris (2001
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