Gemini
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| Gemini | |
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 US DVD cover | |
| Directed by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Produced by | Toshiaki Nakazawa Futoshi Nishimura |
| Written by | Novel: Rampo Edogawa Screenplay: Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Music by | Chu Ishikawa |
| Cinematography | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Editing by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Distributed by | Toho |
| Released | September 3, 1999 (Venice Film Festival) |
| Running time | 83 min. |
| IMDb profile | |
| JMDb profile | |
| Trailer | |
Gemini (双生児 Soseiji) is a 1999 Japanese film based on an Rampo Edogawa novel and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto.
[edit] Plot
Set in 1910, a young doctor named Yukio runs his family practice in Tokyo and has nothing bud disdain for the poor people living in the slums not far from his home. Recently a strange seemingly ghostly intruder has been lurking around the house. It turns out not to be a ghost at all, but Yukio's twin brother who was abandoned as a baby and raised by a theater troupe. After killing their parents he throws Yukio down a well and assumes his identity, as well as his marriage. His constant taunting prompts Yukio to seize an opportunity to escape and enact revenge.
[edit] Cast
- Masahiro Motoki ... Yukio/Sutekichi
- Ryo ... Rin
- Yasutaka Tsutsui ... Yukio's father
- Shiho Fujimura ... Yukio's mother
- Tadanobu Asano ... Revenger with Sword
- Renji Ishibashi ... Beggar
- Akaji Maro
- Naoto Takenaka ... Rich Man
- Sujin Kim
- Masako Motai
- Jun Murakami
- Tomorowo Taguchi
- Koji Tsukamoto
- Harugiku Uchida
- Yuki Inomata
[edit] External links
- Gemini review at Midnight Eye
- Gemini review at KFCC
