Garasu no nô (2000)"Wake up! I'm a Prince!" 'Sleeping Bride' or 'Glass Brain' is teenage love-story of a girl who sleeps for 17 years, her only hope, a young boy... Director:Hideo Nakata |
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Garasu no nô (2000)"Wake up! I'm a Prince!" 'Sleeping Bride' or 'Glass Brain' is teenage love-story of a girl who sleeps for 17 years, her only hope, a young boy... Director:Hideo Nakata |
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Risa Goto | ... |
Yumi Iida
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Hiroki Kohara | ... |
Yuuichi Nagasawa (17 years)
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Takaaki Enoki | ... |
Dr. Hishikawa
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Yûko Natori | ... |
Ritsuko Nagasawa
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Masako | ... |
Masako Iida
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Rikiya Ôtaka | ... |
Yuuichi Nagasawa (Aged 7)
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Toshie Negishi | ... |
Nurse
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Moro Morooka | ... |
Yumi's father
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Yôko Ohshima | ... |
Yuuchi's mother
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Michiko Kawai | ... |
Mitsu Fukuhara
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Tomoka Hayashi | ... |
Keiko Mizoguchi
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Tomiyuki Kunihiro |
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Tarô Suwa |
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Ayako Yoshitani |
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'Sleeping Bride' is a story of a young girl who ever since her birth, has never been a wake. Seven years after birth, a little boy called Yuuchi encounters the girl while he's exploring the hospital he's in. After a nurse remarking to him that the girl, Yumi, is a 'sleeping beauty', Yuuchi believes that just like in the story, if Yumi is kissed by a prince, she'll wake up. So, everyday he goes to Yumi's room and remarks: "Please wake up! I'm a prince!" This becomes routine for him. Then, after ten years, he goes back, says the words and... Yumi wakes up! Written by Sophie Ball
I got this film in the Ring trilogy box set and according to the write up it was going to be a horror version of Sleeping Beauty and was similar in style to Ring.
Its pretty much wrong on both accounts. Although the story is based on the Sleeping Beauty story I fail to see where they got the horror element from.
It does have a similar look to the Ring but thats only cause its made by the same guy. But if your going in expecting a horror film then your gong to be a bit disappointed. Then again having said that I was expecting a horror and I came out enjoying it even more then I thought I was going to. Call me a sentimental old fool but when a love story is done well I really love a good love film.
I'm sorry my review isn't so good but I couldn't let there be only one review especially one saying it sucked.