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	Midnight Eye review: Shikoku (1999)
		Shikoku is the name of the fourth and smallest of the main islands that make up Japan, a mountainous rural province famed for its 1400 km long pilgrimage between the 88 temples established by the Buddhist saint Kobo Daishi (774-835), and a hotbed for the country's indigenous Shinto religion.
		Shikoku is never really particularly convincing as a horror, and unable to capitalise on some earlier flesh-crawling moments, falls apart way before reaching its rather underwhelming showdown between Makoto Sato's renegade Buddhist priest and the forces from the darkside.
		His greatest asset is perhaps the locale of Shikoku itself, shot in bleached out, hazy hues and long twilight shadows in the external scenes, and drenched out in the interiors by the shafts of natural sunlight that stream through the windows of Hinako's deserted property.
	www.midnighteye.com /reviews/shikoku.shtml (609 words)

	[No title]
		This grim and exquisite film explores the honor in death and the death of honor venerated by the 17th-century samurai.
		In this film, a father feels he is keeping his daughter from marriage; when she is erroneously told that her father is thinking of re-marrying, she agrees to an offer.
		Mizoguchi's poetic film is set in feudal, war-ravaged, 16th-century Japan and focuses on the opposite fortunes of two peasants who abandon their families to accumulate wealth and prestige and find emptiness and despair.
	humanities.uchicago.edu /cmtes/japan_studies/FilmLib/films.html (8204 words)

	Shikoku (1999)
		The film's premise is based on an old legend that haunts the residents of the remote island of Shikoku.
		Shikoku tells the story of a young woman, Hinako (Yui Natsukawa), who is returning to her remote hometown for the first time in 10 years.
		Far from being an outstanding film, it's sad but true to say that this mediocre film is still better than most of the American-produced trash, such as Ghost Ship and Thirteen Ghosts, which seems to fill the screens ad nauseam.
	www.reel.com /movie.asp?MID=139348&buy=closed&PID=10114978&Tab=reviews&CID=18 (609 words)

	Shikoku
		I even, in a weird sort of way, like the inevitable aftermath of a good horror film: lying wide-eyed and quivering in bed, quilt pulled up to my chin, scanning the darkness for signs of ghosty activity.
		Or maybe it's simply the fact that there's no mystery: we know who she is, how she's being called back, and what she's after, and all that's left for us is to admire the scenery.
		All in all, this is a wholly confused and unsatisfying film.
	www.heroic-cinema.com /reviews/shikoku (565 words)

	Koushun Takami - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		He was born in Amagasaki, Hyogo Prefecture near Osaka and grew up in the Kagawa Prefecture of Shikoku.
		The novel Battle Royale was completed after Takami left the news company, and was rejected in the final round of the literary competition for which it was intended, owing to its controversial content.
		It went on to become a bestseller when finally released in 1999, and a year later, was made into a manga and a feature film.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Koushun_Takami (218 words)

	AnimeOnDVD.com >> Disc Reviews >> Crying Out Love, In The Centre Of The World
		The film does a good job of incorporating the various effects, music and dialogue into a well enveloping mix through the entire piece that at times is eerie but often simple lulls you into it.
		The film's transfer is essentially free of problems as it has a very solid film feel to it with the right amount of grain, solid colors and hardly anything noticeable in terms of artifacts.
		The instance in the beginning of the film when Sakutaro sees Ritsuko on the TV in the bar is a perfect example as he was just trying to call her but hangs up when he sees her there.
	www.animeondvd.com /reviews2/disc_reviews/printer.php?printer=1&review=4705 (2251 words)

	Shikoku
		It's established early on that Sayori is able to connect with the dead on some level, and indeed the female members of her Hiura family are usually priestesses of some kind.
		Except for the slight problem that Sayori (or at least, her ghost) doesn't seem to feel the same way and in the film's most chilling moment puts her hand on Fumiya's shoulder as he is talking, his back turned, to Hinako.
		Shikoku is a beautifully shot and lit supernatural drama, but lacks pace and a sense of dread.
	www.mandiapple.com /snowblood/shikoku.htm (1564 words)

	DVD Talk Review: Shikoku
		Shikoku is a supernatural Japanese film featuring a young female with a white dress and long fl hair combed over her face.
		The colors are perfectly saturated, but the overall quality of the film is soft (seems to be the director's choice), and the darks lean towards the pale, grayish side.
		Shikoku is yet another Japanese horror film focusing on what's supposed to be a creepy crawling girl ghost in a white dress with long fl hair hiding her face.
	www.dvdtalk.com /reviews/read.php?ID=12800 (667 words)

	Shikoku (1999)
		It is a story-driven film, one where the romantic element actually makes up a strong aspect of the story.
		There's a grandiose idea to the film - that of the island that houses a gateway from which the dead can emerge unless they are kept imprisoned by a series of Shinto rituals paying obeisance in a circuit of each of the island's 88 temples.
		But in actuality the idea emerges much more mundanely - all the gateway to the afterlife is ever used for is to raise a single ghost and, at the climax, despatch her back to the underworld and return things to the status quo.
	www.moria.co.nz /horror/shikoku.htm (410 words)

	[KFCC] Shikoku Review
		Just after the first five minutes, you can see how weak the film is going to be with the ghetto handheld camerawork and cheesy lighting that clearly displayed the fact that it was definitely amateur night.
		It’s unfortunate when you lack any and every emotion for all of the films participants, especially when the story is supposed to be one with deep content.
		SHIKOKU failed to create enough character and relationship development as well as the reason for conflict.
	www.kfccinema.com /reviews/horror/shikoku/shikoku.html (859 words)

	wELCOME cONSUMER rEVIEW
		I tend to come across things that may sound interesting, but turn out to be either poor quality or ridiculously executed rehashings of the same old stories, over and over again.
		Shikoku is a muddled and ultimately boring story about a young woman, Hinako (Yui Natsukawa) who returns to her hometown of Shikoku after a 16 year absence to sell the family home.
		Then Hinako and Fumiya sort of stumble on the knowledge that a centuries old pilgrimage to each of the 88 temples on the island of Shikoku creates and maintains a barrier against the dead.
	www.welcomeconsumer.com /review/film_shikoku.htm (868 words)

	Any Old Actress // Mariel's Favorite Actresses [Chiaki Kuriyama]
		Kuriyama is in the televison version of Ju-On, not the film remake (or indeed, the US remake starring Sarah Michelle Gellar).
		The film switches to the new owners of the house and the danger continues for them.
		Shikoku was pretty much only worth watching for making it easier on me to imagine Kuriyama in a film version of Banana Yoshimoto's Goodbye Tsugumi.
	www.anyoldactress.com /chiakikuriyama.html (2251 words)

	CMIL-mainframe
		The film relates the political squabbles between the Army and Navy in the midst of the testing, shows the devastating effects of the series of nuclear explosions, and examines the conflicting visions of the future of Bikini and its native people.
		The film begins with a family of potters as they make diyas in the increasingly frantic days before Diwali, the "Festival of Lights." The lamps are produced on a potter's wheel, are taken to be sold in the bazaar, and are then used in the Diwali puja ceremonies.
		The film should be required viewing for all who prefer a fair and balanced treatment of this increasingly important subject over the strident (and politically or economically self-serving) rhetoric that too often dominates the current debate on the globalization of mass culture.
	ucmedia1.ucxonline.berkeley.edu /sales/socialsci05/socimain6.html (11212 words)

	Midnight Eye interview: Shunichi Nagasaki
		But the sponsor of the film agreed with it, he said it was okay if it became longer, so I just went ahead with it.
		As I was shooting the film, I myself definitely had a guilty party in mind.
		Best known for his imaginative post-Ring horror moodpiece Shikoku, the director has been delivering a steady stream of interesting and challenging films for many years.
	www.midnighteye.com /interviews/shunichi_nagasaki.shtml (1810 words)

	PULP : : New Japanese Pop Culture Monthly : : 4.08 Movie Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		How this ever made it to this year's Rotterdam Film Fest is beyond me, but it's a subordinate program picture all the same.
		While the film certainly employs these trappings (did you know you can bring people back from the dead by touring Buddhist temples backwards?), it's mostly now just a ton of exposition to wade through.
		Shikoku takes twice as long as it should to get its narrative points and character motivation across.
	www.pulp-mag.com /archives/4.08/moviereview_02.shtml (540 words)

	DVD Times - Shikoku
		Shikoku meaning "four lands" (depending on the kanji used it can also mean "land of the dead") derives from Japan's fourth largest island in southern Honshu - a Shinto based province famed for its 88 Temple circuit that tours the entire four prefectures.
		The inherent problem with Shikoku is that despite what it might bill itself as it isn't a horror film as such but one founded on false pretences.
		Kuriyama walks sloth-like around the woods of Shikoku, talking like a child before attempting to raise a pedantic debate between herself and her old friends in a role that wouldn't convince anyone of her acting skills.
	www.dvdtimes.co.uk /content.php?contentid=56371 (1467 words)

	FilmFestivals . com - Berlin International Film Festival 2001
		In a remote mountain village on Shikoku, the female members of the Bonomia family are shunned as outcasts because it is their task to commune with and propitiate the much-feared local gods — the Inugami.
		The title of Inugami refers to traditional local gods in a mountain village on the island of Shikoku, with which only the women in the ostracised Bonomia family are entitled to commune.
		The feared Inugami are tucked away peacefully inside a vase, but when a new teacher arrives on the scene, and villagers are plagued with nightmares, the blame is put on a Bonomia female who appears to be becoming younger.
	www.filmfestivals.com /servlet/JSCRun?obj=FicheFilmBerlin&CfgPath=ffs/filmweb&id=2342 (364 words)

	Snowblood Apple Forums - Shikoku
		Shikoku is being released as a horror film and, while it does have some minor horror elements, it's really more of a fable and character study.
		The film creates this sense of dread that seems to be building up to a horrific climax, but then it goes in a different, more minimalist direction that is anything but terrifying or horrific compared to, say Ringu or Ju-On: The Gruge.
		It looked lovely, did a fantastic job for the Shikoku Island Tourist Board, but the plot meandered about in the first half and didn't really build anything towards the rather wan conclusion - clearly someone had bought a lightning lighting effect and damn, they were going to get their money's worth.
	www.mandiapple.com /forum/printthread.php?t=1863 (996 words)

	IGN: The Horror Geek Speaks: From Japan with Love
		November 16, 2004 - Shrouded in fog, Shikoku is the smallest of the four main islands that comprise Japan.
		The film was made to play as the second feature on a double-bill with Ringu 2, and it shows from time to time – it's pretty obvious in a lot of instances this was considered a lesser or "throw away" film designed solely to play second fiddle to the main feature.
		Shikoku is worth a look if you're new to Japanese horror cinema, or a hardcore fan who wants to see it all – just don't go into it with high expectations.
	filmforce.ign.com /articles/566/566855p1.html (952 words)

	Ganbatte Ikimasshoi - Give It All (1998)
		This growth exactly mirrors the blossoming of the characters in the film in a beautiful paralleling of art and life.
		Kirina Mano was selected by Peter Greenaway for his film "8 1/2 Women" while the heroine, Rena Tanaka, took 11 'best newcomer' awards, ensuring that the film was one of the most talked about features of 1998.
		Shikoku Island, the fourth largest island in the Japanese archipelago.
	www.geocities.com /seriallain/Ganbatte (568 words)

	Shikoku (1999)
		Her mother's desire with the continuation of the family's religious tradition, while at the same time trying to force open the gate to the land of the dead, is another example of the obsessive love which destroys everybody in the film.
		Sure, in Western horror films Dracula may cringe from the sight of a cross, but the Western vampire is more a symbol of the lure of sexual decadence.
		For those who balk at the idea of demon possession and Catholic exorcism, the film simply becomes a distorted parable of teenage rebellion -- a reactionary look at the onset of womanhood, with the suggestion that the patriarchal Church is on hand to put the girl in her place.
	www.braineater.com /shikoku.html (2236 words)

	Big Respect // Surfin' Shikoku (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The "producers" explained that this was the second of two films and that they needed only two more gaijin to complete their project.
		Usually George goes to the south shore of Shikoku, but a typhoon was coming, so we went to Naruto, a little beach resort on the north shore, about an hour and a half drive from Kobe.
		Its location as essentially the bridge between Honshu and Shikoku is a key control point for inter-island trade and provides easy access to the larger land areas -- plus it provides Awaji some protection from typhoons and tsunamis.
	homepage.mac.com /tev/iblog/C382530552/E1537723643 (1913 words)

	FRONTLINE/WORLD . Rough Cut . Japan: The Slow Life \| PBS
		But the farmers of Shikoku have welcomed Burgoine and other college-educated refugees from the cities because they fear their world is vanishing.
		Being a 27 year old professional in the film industry who also has lived in Tokyo, speaks the language and who's wife is Japanese, I find this particularly interesting.
		Japan has been an example to the world on how to integrate an ancient culture with a modern one, and I have to believe that somehow her farming techniques will also find a way to endure and be carried on to younger generations.
	www.pbs.org /frontlineworld/rough/2005/11/japan_the_slow.html (1659 words)

	Shikoku Film Review - Time Out Film (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Contributing to the current Japanese cycle of ghost chillers wasn't the most obvious career move for Nagasaki, better known for deviant noir thrillers, but Shikoku is a qualified success.
		The title puns on the name of Japan's most laid-back prefecture (depending how you write it, Shikoku can mean 'Four Counties' or 'Land of the Dead') and the plot exploits the island's traditions of esoteric Buddhism and shamanism.
		Hinako (Natsukawa) revisits her childhood home to find that her best friend Sayori has drowned - and that Sayori's mother is making the o-henro pilgrimage around Shikoku's 88 coastal temples in reverse order, hoping to open a gateway to the netherworlds and bring back her daughter.
	www.timeout.com /film/74511.html (161 words)

	Seattle International Film Festival
		The longest and largest film festival in the United States, and one of the top five festivals in North America, The Seattle International Film Festival opened Thursday, May 18 with the North American Premiere of Director Kenneth Branagh's Love's Labour's Lost starring Alessandro Nivola and Alicia Silverstone, who were in attendance.
		In addition to the award, films that play at the Festival are automatically considered for the IFP American Independent Spirit Award; the Festival is one of only six American festivals to hold that distinction.
		As Helen Loveridge from Fortissimo Films, the distribution company who originally handled Shower, accepted the award for Yang (who had already left the festival), she commented that the new film had now won the major award at every festival it had played.
	www.filmfestivals.com /int/overviews/2000/seattle_00.htm (2156 words)

	San Francisco Film Society
		For the fourth year, the San Francisco Film Society celebrates films that go to the extreme and beyond with Dark Wave, the series of international horror, fantasy and cult cinema, Friday, October 18 Sunday, October 20 at the Roxie Cinema, 3117 16th Street, in the Mission District of San Francisco.
		In a remote mountain village on the island of Shikoku, the women of the Bonomiya family are duty bound to watch over the Inugami (wild dog) gods.
		When Miki Bonomiya, a lonely woman in her 40s, falls for a young stranger, the village is soon cloaked in an eerie fog, suspicions arise and strange events disturb the community, awakening the spirits.
	www.sfiff.org /press/dark_wave_02.html (977 words)

	Newport International Film Festival \| June 6 to 11, 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The film is an inspiring portrait of Sister Helen Travis, a former alcoholic herself, who aggressively and disarmingly helps recovering addicts to regain control of their lives.
		The film is a shocking expose of the events surrounding the 1994 Rwandan massacres and the head of the UN Peacekeeping Mission, Brigadier General Romeo Dallaire, whose calls for help went unheeded.
		The 24-minute film features three sisters, aged six, nine and eleven, as they struggle to understand why and how their Uncle Bill is undergoing surgery to become a woman.
	www.newportfilmfestival.com /2005/awards.asp (2581 words)

	Shikoku (1999) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Plot Summary: Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku.
		In Japanese, depending on which kanji is used, "shikoku" can mean "four countries" (which is the name of the island where the movie is set) or it can mean "land of the dead." (more)
		I can see why Chiaki Kuriyama has had so many film roles since this one, she definitely deserves it.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0213245 (383 words)

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