Winner of the Un Certain Regard Best Director award in Cannes, Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Journey to the Shore confirms the director's place as a contemporary auteur. Mizuki's husband, Yusuke, drowned at sea three years ago. When he suddenly comes back home, she is not that surprised, instead, Mizuki wonders what took him so long. Together they embark on a journey to meet the people who helped him on his journey in a world where the living and the dead coexist in an almost normal manner Starring two of Japan's biggest actors, Tadanobu Asano and Eri Fukatsu, Kurosawa's film is a beautifully shot love story that challenges our usual conceptions of life, death and half-life. The Masters of Cinema Series is proud to present the film to UK audiences in this special edition Dual Format release.
In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. The moisture of the Earth, the powers of the Sun and the Moon worked upon a certain rock and it became magically fertile. From it came the stone of Monkey!
THE INVASION BEGINS BASED ON THE WORLDWIDE BEST-SELLING MANGA AND HIT ANIME... Tiny creatures called Parasites have arrived on Earth with the sole purpose of taking over human bodies and preying on mankind. One such Parasite latches on to ordinary high school student, Shinichi Izumi. Fortunately, he is able to fight it off before it reaches his brain. But unfortunately, it is now stuck within his right hand. Shinichi cannot reveal his terrible secret to those around him, but a strange relationship develops between himself and the creature he calls Migi ( Righty ). Before long, they begin to encounter other Parasites which launch savage attacks against them and endanger the life of his childhood friend, Satomi. When Shinichi's beloved mother is killed and taken over by a Parasite, it becomes an all-out war between humanity and the Parasites. But nothing is black and white in this struggle. Why were the Parasites created? Are they here to cull our numbers? The planet needs to be preserved, but we also want to protect our loved ones. Amidst this conflict of values, Shinichi and Migi have no choice but to hurl themselves into the fight against the ever more complex attack of the Parasites.
THE INVASION BEGINS THIS WINTER! BASED ON THE WORLDWIDE BEST-SELLING MANGA AND HIT ANIME... A series of grizzly murders are occuring around the world. Dubbed the Mincemeat Murders by the press the authorities have no idea who or what is responsible. Meanwhile! Average Japanese high school student Izumi Shinichi discovers an alien parasite living in his right hand. Shinichi calls the parasite Migi which now has an eye and a mouth and is a sentient being in his own right. Accepting the fact that they now have a symbiotic relationship and that if one of them dies the other will also die they join forces against the other parasites invading the earth.
THE INVASION BEGINS THIS WINTER! BASED ON THE WORLDWIDE BEST-SELLING MANGA AND HIT ANIME... A series of grizzly murders are occuring around the world. Dubbed the Mincemeat Murders by the press the authorities have no idea who or what is responsible. Meanwhile! Average Japanese high school student Izumi Shinichi discovers an alien parasite living in his right hand. Shinichi calls the parasite Migi which now has an eye and a mouth and is a sentient being in his own right. Accepting the fact that they now have a symbiotic relationship and that if one of them dies the other will also die they join forces against the other parasites invading the earth.
THE INVASION BEGINS BASED ON THE WORLDWIDE BEST-SELLING MANGA AND HIT ANIME... Tiny creatures called Parasites have arrived on Earth with the sole purpose of taking over human bodies and preying on mankind. One such Parasite latches on to ordinary high school student, Shinichi Izumi. Fortunately, he is able to fight it off before it reaches his brain. But unfortunately, it is now stuck within his right hand. Shinichi cannot reveal his terrible secret to those around him, but a strange relationship develops between himself and the creature he calls Migi ( Righty ). Before long, they begin to encounter other Parasites which launch savage attacks against them and endanger the life of his childhood friend, Satomi. When Shinichi's beloved mother is killed and taken over by a Parasite, it becomes an all-out war between humanity and the Parasites. But nothing is black and white in this struggle. Why were the Parasites created? Are they here to cull our numbers? The planet needs to be preserved, but we also want to protect our loved ones. Amidst this conflict of values, Shinichi and Migi have no choice but to hurl themselves into the fight against the ever more complex attack of the Parasites.
In the worlds before Monkey, primal chaos reigned. Heaven sought order. The moisture of the Earth, the powers of the Sun and the Moon worked upon a certain rock and it became magically fertile. From it came the stone of Monkey!
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