A quiet woman receives a social media request from a middle-school friend, who she doesn’t remember fondly. The two meet at a hotel’s restaurant where they find a room numbered 666 containing Rokuroku, a long-neck woman wearing a red kimono.
ロクロク, 로쿠로쿠 요괴괴담, 女巫的承诺
South Korea
Busan International Film Festival
Hong Kong
JapanG
Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
Whoa.
This really felt like a movie version of a Junji Ito short story anthology. It didn't quite have the creepiness of Ito's best stories, but it certainly had that "go for it" mentality. This was full on crazy.
The human story was nice, but it is the insanity in this that will stick with you.
Returning to her hometown, a student meets a series of strange creatures living in the area.
The Good Stor(ies): Norikabe-Working late at night in her office, a reporter trying to concentrate on her assignment is continually confounded by a strange woman who appears in a window across the hall from her office. When she gets the full idea of what the woman is trying to tell her, it's too late to save her from its evil plans. This was an extremely effective way to start this off as it's a fun opener. The idea of the ghostly woman appearing across the hall and offering a different take than expected. After initially looking to be an exhibitionist trying to strip nude…
Interesting modern take on classic yokai with disappointing cgi at times but still fun to watch.
Some yokai, some kaiju, some J-Horror and a bunch of fantasy riffs, but all Japanese craziness that one expects from a Yudai Yamaguchi film. Well perhaps not as wacky as usual, but that might be thanks to co-director and Tokusatsu movie director Keith Amemiya. But never the less the two serve up a slick and gorgeous looking creep-fest about a Witch who is attacking the neighborhood peeps as Izumi and Mika’s granddad prepares to battle her.
It’s all good fun and holds a great atmosphere, a small problem I have it is that much of Mika, Izumi and the old granddad are merely wraparounds for the smaller vignette-like shorts that make up the main body of the film. But not to fear, it all comes full circle as Mika and Izumi step into the last act intent on bringing it all home.
É o hotel foster para Yokais imaginários!
Podendo se chamar Japanese Horror Story: Hotel, é um daqueles filmes com CGI que é o troco de um pastel e a história pior ainda, mas consegue ser charmoso e encantador o suficiente com o seu design. Os personagens? O que eu tenho a ver? Eu tô aqui pela estética.
rokuroku monster tier list most frickable to least frickable LETS GOOO
1. head locker babe: weird choice i know, kinda impossible to make out with but HAVE YOU SEEN THOSE LEGS THO (12/10)
2. godzilla's hot cousin: i can imagine a bros to lovers scenario here, bonus points. consider - making out with every single hand-tooth as if ure 14 years old again trying to practice kissing with your hand before the big day (10/10)
3: eye straining raincoat: going out with her would probably be out of this world considering she looks HELLA fuckin CGI, but who said CGI doesnt stand for Corny Goober I want your number (10/10)
4. what's the weather up there: do i have to…
Rokuroku is an anthology movie involving that also has a main story that weaves among the shorts which are integrated. You see the characters from the main storyline, and then it will switch a a different character and their short will begin organically as they are going along with makes in flow nicely and helps it avoid feeling very stop start. It uses Japanese folklore, yokai, mythology and urban legend, all of which I have a fondness for and it was great being able to identify what they have done with the different yokai. While the special effects make up on the monsters may not be the best, I would much rather a movie on a limited budget choose practical effects like Rokuroku than go for a cgi alternative. A lower budget practical is always going to have more charm and personality
Кейта Амемия порадовал в своем kaidan shin mimibukuro, и теперь можно посмотреть целый фильм от него.
Рокуроку в первую очередь про стиль и про идею. Фильм о ведьме, которая будет перевоплощаться в разные мифологические образы из японского фольклора и преследовать своих жертв, словно проклятия Каяко. Причем буквально. Проклятие неумолимо. Спастись почти нельзя. А монстр является всемогущим и примет один из обликов специально для вас. Договориться так же будет нельзя. На самом деле, тот факт что ведьма не произносит в этой истории почти никаких фраз и почти никаких слов, говорит о том что это существо вообще не человек, и возможно никогда им и не было. Так что, не стоит обманываться внешностью. Но как и концепция, система проклятия, оно действует безжалостно, механически…
Lots of yokai action with a thin framing story. Not bad if you just wanna see some traditional Japanese monsters on film.
The yokai spirits of Japanese folklore were the obvious basis for the long-haired female ghosts of J-Horror and Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch seems to want to hearken back to the glory days of Ringu and Ju-On. However, the film is almost laughably bad, with the horrible CGI ghosts looking more ridiculous that scary. Rokuroku: The Promise of the Witch is a complete waste of time that should be avoided at all costs.
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Yamaguchi's latest film is probably a good indication of the position Japanese underground horror finds itself in these days. Underfunded, without a dedicated international audience and straining to survive. With the proper talent and budgets backing this film this could've been a lot of fun, now it's mostly just unrealized potential.
Though they haven't seen each other in 10 years, Izumi and Mika decide to meet up again and catch up for old time's sake. Meanwhile, a string of seemingly unrelated hauntings is taking place. When Mika reveals a lingering trauma from their childhood days, everything appears to be coming together.
The film plays a little like a horror anthology, with one main thread bringing all the shorts together in…
