Saam gaang yi (2004)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.2/10   

Directors:

Fruit Chan
Takashi Miike
(más)

Writers:

Haruko Fukushima (segment)
Lilian Lee (segment)
(más)

Release Date:

20 agosto 2004 (South Korea)

Genre:

Horror

Frase comercial:

From the Nightmares of 3 Horror Masters

Plot:

An Asian cross-cultural trilogy of horror films from accomplished indie directors. |

Plot Keywords:

Disguise | Abortion | Fetus | Extortion | Torture

Awards:

4 wins & 8 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Some uncomfortable moments with this one

Cast

Bai Ling	...	Mei (segment "Dumplings")
Pauline Lau	...	Li's Maid (segment "Dumplings")
Tony Leung Ka Fai	...	Lee (segment "Dumplings")
Meme Tian	...	Connie (segment "Dumplings") (as Meme)
Miriam Yeung Chin Wah	...	Ching (segment "Dumplings")
Sum-Yeung Wong	...	Old Hairdresser (segment "Dumplings")
Kam-Mui Fung	...	Vomiting Woman (segment "Dumplings")
Wai-Man Wu	...	Nurse (segment "Dumplings")
Chak-Man Ho	...	Wang (segment "Dumplings")
Miki Yeung	...	Kate (segment "Dumplings")
So-Fun Wong	...	Kate's Mother (segment "Dumplings")
Kai-Piu Yau	...	Gynaecologist (segment "Dumplings")
Byung-hun Lee	...	Director (segment "Cut")
Won-hie Lim	...	Stranger (segment "Cut") (as Won-Hee Lim)
Hye-jeong Kang	...	Director's Wife (segment "Cut")
Dae-yeon Lee	...	Actor in School Girl Uniform (segment "Cut")
Gene Woo Park	...	Assistant Director (segment "Cut")
Mi Mi Lee	...	Kyung-Ah (segment "Cut")
Gyu-sik Kim	...	Old Man Mannequin (segment "Cut")
Jung-ah Yum	...	Vampire Actress (segment "Cut")
Kyoko Hasegawa	...	Kyoko (segment "Box")
Atsuro Watabe	...	Yoshii / Higata (segment "Box")
Mai Suzuki	...	Kyoko (Age 10) (segment "Box")
Yuu Suzuki	...	Shoko (Age 10) (segment "Box")
Mitsuru Akaboshi	...	Circus Member (segment "Box")
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Lee Jun Goo

Dirigida por
Fruit Chan		(segment "Dumplings")
Takashi Miike		(segment "Box")
Chan-wook Park		(segment "Cut")

Créditos del guión (in alphabetical order)
Haruko Fukushima		segment "Box"
Lilian Lee		segment "Dumplings"
Chan-wook Park		segment "Cut"
Bun Saikou		story (segment "Box")

Producida por
Peter Chan	....	producer
Fumio Inoue	....	producer (segment "Box")
Kazuo Kuroi	....	executive producer (segment "Box")
Yo-jin Lee	....	executive producer (segment "Cut") (as Eu-Gene Lee)
Jung-Wan Oh	....	executive producer (segment "Cut")
Naoki Sato	....	producer (segment "Box")
Shun Shimizu	....	producer (segment "Box")
Ahn Soo-Hyun	....	producer (segment "Cut")
Eric Tsang	....	executive producer (segment "Dumplings")

Música original por
Kwong Wing Chan		(segment "Dumplings")
Kôji Endô		(segment "Box")

Fotografía por
Christopher Doyle		(segment "Dumplings")
Jeong-hun Jeong		(segment "Cut")
Kôichi Kawakami		(segment "Box")

Montaje por
Fruit Chan		(segment "Dumplings")
Jae-beom Kim		(segment "Cut")
Sang-Beom Kim		(segment "Cut")
Yasushi Shimamura		(segment "Box")

Diseño de producción por
Seong-hie Ryu
Takashi Sasaki		(segment "Box")
Chung Man Yee		(segment "Dumplings")
Seong-hie Yu		(segment "Cut")

Dirección artística
Pater Wong		(segment "Dumplings")

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Sang-gyeong Jo	....	costume designer: segment "Cut"
Dora Ng	....	costume designer: segment "Dumplings"

Production Companies

• Applause Pictures

Distributors

• 3L Filmverleih (2005) (Germany) (theatrical)
• CJ Entertainment (2004) (South Korea) (theatrical)
• Future Film (2006) (Finland) (DVD)
• Lions Gate Films (2005) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Medusa Distribuzione (2005) (Italy) (all media)
• Pan Européenne Distribution (2005) (France) (theatrical)
• Rialto Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• SBP (2008) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Tartan Video (2006) (UK) (DVD)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Singapore) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• HFR  dailies

También conocida como:

Three, Monster (South Korea)
Three... Extremes (International: English title)
Three Extremes (Argentina) (DVD title) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for strong disturbing violent content, some involving abortion and torture, and for sexuality and language.

Duración:

USA:125 min | Australia:121 min | South Korea:118 min | Argentina:118 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)

País:

Hong Kong | Japan | South Korea

Idioma:

Cantonese | Japanese | Korean | Mandarin

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

USA:R | Brazil:16 | Sweden:15 | Australia:R | Germany:18 | Canada:16+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A (Manitoba/Ontario) | Canada:R (Alberta/Nova Scotia) | Malaysia:(Banned) | Portugal:M/18 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | France:-16 | UK:18 (uncut) | New Zealand:R18 | Argentina:18 | Japan:R-15 | Italy:VM18 | Hong Kong:III | Singapore:R21 | South Korea:18

Company:

Applause Pictures

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: In the segment "Cut," towards the end of the film there is a panning shot looking in through a window. The reflection of one or more persons standing on the outside portion (the side the camera is on) can be seen.

Quotes:

Mei: You're rich but I'm free.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Thirst (2009)

Some uncomfortable moments with this one

This movie is incredibly cruel and unrelenting. It plays as a single feature divided into three sections: "Dumplings", directed by Fruit Chan of Hong Kong, "Cut" directed by Park Chan-Wook of Korea and "Box" directed by Miike Takashi of Japan. Each section is like a dissertation in horror, although "Dumplings" could also be classified as an exploitation film.

All of them are beautifully produced and directed, and I especially found "Box" to be quite lavish in sets, costumes and atmosphere. They each show a lot about the culture of the respective countries they were made in and also provide new takes on the terrifying and the appalling. They are each original in their own right, although "Cut" could be compared to the "Saw" or Hannibal Lecter franchises in that there's a psycho who's trying to get a message across by way of murder and mayhem.

I don't want to give details on the plots of any of them because I think that viewers need to experience them for themselves with no preconceptions going in, but what I can say is that "Dumplings" has the most plot and is probably the one with the highest "squeam" factor, "Cut" covers a rather familiar premise but with lots of fun moments (you'll see) and "Box" is more of an artistic endeavour with not much of a plot, but for some reason I was enthralled and couldn't look away; it's the one I liked the most.

A solid 8 out of 10 for the efforts of these genius Asian directors.