Three... Extremes
| Three... Extremes | |
|---|---|
 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by |
Fruit Chan Park Chan-wook Takashi Miike |
| Produced by |
Ahn Soo-hyun Peter Ho-sun Chan Fumio Inoue Naoki Sato Shun Shimizu |
| Written by |
Dumplings: Lilian Lee Cut: Park Chan-wook Box: Bun Saikou Haruko Fukushima |
| Starring |
Bai Ling Tony Leung Ka-fai Lee Byung-hun Im Won-hee Kyoko Hasegawa Atsuro Watabe |
| Music by |
Chan Kwong-wing Kōji Endō Peach Present |
| Cinematography |
Chung Chung-hoon Christopher Doyle Koichi Kawakami |
Release dates |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
| Country |
China Japan South Korea |
| Language |
Mandarin Japanese Korean |
Three... Extremes (Chinese: 三更2 Saam gaang yi) is a 2004 international East Asian horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by three directors from three countries. It is a sequel to, and follows the concept of Three (2002), this time with more established directors.
Films
Dumplings
A Hong Kong film directed by Fruit Chan, Dumplings deals with an aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties. However, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. In 2004, Fruit Chan released a feature-length version of this short.
Cut
A South Korean film directed by Park Chan-wook which tells the story of a successful film director and his wife who are kidnapped by an extra from his own films, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife's fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes.
Box
A Japanese film by Takashi Miike about a softly spoken young woman who has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected.
Cast
Dumplings
- Miriam Yeung as Mrs Li
- Bai Ling as Mei
- Pauline Lau as Li's maid
- Tony Leung Ka-fai as Li
- Meme Tian as Connie
Cut
- Lee Byung-hun as Director
- Im Won-hee as Stranger
- Kang Hye-jung as Director's wife
- Yum Jung-ah as actress in vampire role
Box
- Kyoko Hasegawa as Kyoko
- Atsuro Watabe as Yoshii/Higata
- Mai Suzuki as Young Kyoko
- Yuu Suzuki as Young Shoko
Dumplings theatrical
Dumplings was extended and turned into a full length theatrical film that was released into British cinemas by Tartan Films in the spring of 2006.
Reception
Three...Extremes received mixed reviews, and holds a score of 66 out of 100 at review aggregator Metacritic.[1] Roger Ebert awarded it three and a half out of four stars and called it "deeply, profoundly creepy."[2]
Box office
The film was released on November seventeenth, 2005 in nineteen North American theatres. It grossed $36,414 ($1,916 per screen) in its opening week-end, and its final gross stands at a modest $77,532.
References
- ↑ Three... Extremes at Metacritic
- ↑ Ebert, Roger (2005-10-28). "Three... Extremes :: rogerebert.com :: Reviews". Rogerebert.suntimes.com. Retrieved 2010-03-26.
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