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 MASTERS OF
HORROR: IMPRINT
(Site) 63
minutes. Not rated. Gore, nudity, troubling images. Christopher (Billy
Drago) returns to
Japan
to find the love of his life who he had met years earlier in a brothel.
Without success, Christopher finds his way to a secluded island oozing
with debauchery and prostitutes. Unable to find his beloved Komomo,
Christopher is drawn to a quiet prostitute with a deformed face who knows
of his true love, and reveals her own horrific past which forces him to
pay a penance for his past discretions.
This
installment of Masters of Horror
was deemed, by Showtime, too offensive and controversial for American
audiences and was not aired during its inaugural season. While I wasn’t
offended by Imprint, I can
understand Showtime’s decision. I am the most jaded douche when it comes
to movies (and life in general), but Imprint,
brilliantly directed by Takashi Miike, had me gritting my teeth and
uttering swear words, and I rarely swear. Without giving anything away,
the direction of Imprint takes
several unexpected turns with each being a bit more insane than its
predecessor. Trust me, I am aching to let the spoilers fly for discussion
sake, but the less the viewer knows going in, the better. The Japanese
sets are wonderful, the cast impressive, and Billy Drago magnificent. The
“making of’ featurette is great, and even warns viewers to watch the
feature first due to spoilers. I waited about five months for my online
rental site to send this DVD to me, and it was well worth the wait. –
Denis Sheehan
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