Death Trance (2005)

An unknown time. An unknown place. Without reasons. With no future. His only desire is - Destruction. I'ts good versus evil, and the awakening of an unlikely hero with ultra-kinetic action to create the "action" spectacle of the year.

Director:

Yûji Shimomura

Writers:

Jun'ya Katô (screenplay), Shinichi Fujita (screenplay)

Stars:

Tak Sakaguchi, Takamasa Suga, Kentaro Seagal

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Tak Sakaguchi	...	Grave
Takamasa Suga	...	Ryuen
Kentaro Seagal	...	Sid
Yûki Takeuchi	...	Yuri
Ben Hiura	...	Archbishop
Honoka Asada	...	Girl
Yôko Fujita	...	Goddess of Destruction
Osamu Takahashi	...	Master
Chuck Johnson	...	Muscleman
Kei Sasegawa	...	Capoeira User
Masumi Shirai	...	Sword-Wielding Sister (Left)
Mie Nakao	...	Sword-Wielding Sister (Right)
Masaki Inatome	...	Ninja A / Flying Vampire 01
Hitoshi Fukushima	...	Ninja B
Naohiro Kawamoto	...	Flying Vampire 02

Storyline

An unknown time. An unknown place. Without reasons. With no future. His only desire is... Destruction! Death Trance combines the themes of good versus evil, and the awakening of an unlikely hero with ultra-kinetic action to create the "action" spectacle of the year!

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Plot Keywords:

japan | japanese | surrealism | supernatural power | magical sword | 

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Taglines:

An unknown time. An unknown place. Without reasons. With no future. His only desire is... Destruction!

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Genres:

Action | Adventure | Fantasy

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence

Did You Know?

Trivia

Japanese metal band Dir en Grey provided the soundtrack for the film.

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Crazy Credits

The credits are shown in both English and Japanese.

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Connections

References Urotsukidoji: Legend of the Overfiend (1989)

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Soundtracks

Increase Blue
Performed by Dir en Grey
From album "Vulgar"

User Reviews

everything but the kitchen sink- cool, fun - but empty

I have seen a lot of Asian films and understand that genres get mixed together a lot. But this one takes the cake. Think of putting in John Woo, Billy Idol (!), Wuxia, Kiss Me Deadly, Hellraiser, Evil Dead 2, and Mad Max into a blender and add in a heavy metal soundtrack, and this will give you just some idea of this movie.

This is directed by the person who did the fight scenes from Versus and it shows. Almost all of the fight scenes take place in a forest. Hmmm..

interesting is that there is very little bloodshed. A lot of fighting with the blunt edge of the sword!! Not sure why this was done except to cut back on some special effects.

Saw it's Southeast premiere and the audience seemed to really enjoy it too. Lots of 'ooh', laughter and clapping.. Can't remember the last time I remember that in a theater.

Forget the plot (what little there is), and marvel and sheer audacity of some of these scenes. Very enjoyable, very 'cool' and in some cases, very very funny. Just don't expect anything meaningful.

Details

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

20 May 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Death Trance

Company Credits

Production Co:

Fever Dreams, Media Suits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.95:1