DVD RLS DATE :    August 25, 2000                           
OUR RLS DATE :    September 15, 2003                       
GENRE        :    Action / Adventure                       
YEAR        :    1998                                     
COUNTRY      :    Japan                                     
iMDB RATING  :    8.3/10 (65 votes)                         

iMDB URL    :    http://imdb.com/title/tt0142181/
 
http://www.cineseoul.com/movies/cinedata.html?cinemaID=%3D%3DgqSri2CLomyrim


RESOLUTiON  :    640 x 336                                   
ViDEO        :    XviD @ 1416 Kbps                             
FRAMERATE    :    23.976 fps                             
AUDiO        :    AC3 2.0 @ 192 Kbps                       
RUNTIME      :    119 minutes                             
SiZE        :    CD1 : 701 MB              CD2 : 700 MB     
RARS        :    CD1 : 50 x 15 MB          CD2 : 50 x 15 MB     
LANGUAGE    :    Japanese 
SUBTiTLES    :  English     
 
 Plot & Cast 
This quirky buddy picture features a tape-recorder diary-keeping   
salaryman and a near-psychotic yakuza hitman with a traumatic past 
travelling through the countryside of China in search of a         
mysterious mountain village with a fabled vein of jade. The       
salaryman Wada (Masahiro Motoki) is there for his company, and the 
yakuza Ujiie is there to collect from that company. Led by a       
preternaturally calm guide Shen (Mako Iwamatsu), they are gradually 
weaned from their attachments to modern civilization as they trek   
deeper and deeper into the verdant, rocky heights of Yunnan, China. 
They meet with obstacles and strange characters such as a boatman   
obsessively frightened of death and attached to the turtles that   
pull his raft. But, nothing prepares them for what greets them when 
they reach the village. Here a blue-eyed Chinese girl works at     
teaching children to fly with wings made out of canvas and wood,   
and sings old Irish folksongs. In this dreamy, heartfelt comedy,   
themes like magical escapism, duty, tradition, and modernity clash 
as each man wrestles with conscience and soul over the meaning of   
their  lives.                                                                                       


Directed by...    ...Takashi Miike               

Masahiro Motoki...              ...Wada               
Renji Ishibashi...            ...Ujiie               
Mako...                        ...Shen       
Yuichi Minato... ...(as Yuuichi Minato)     
Li Li Wang...          ...Yan, Si-ch