GEMINI (1999)
Out on Blu-ray & Digital
November 2nd, 2020
Label: Third Windows Films
Region Code: B
Rating: Cert. 15
Duration: 84 Minutes
Audio: Japanese with Optional English Subtitles
Video: 1080p HD Widescreen (1.85:1)
Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Cast: Masahiro Motoki, Ryo, Shiho Fujimura, Renji Ishibashi, Tadanobu Asano
Adapting the Edogawa Rampo short story 'The Twins', Shinya Tsukamoto's (Tetsuo, Tokyo Fist) modernist Meiji horror represents the director's first foray into period films and fleshes out Rampo's original tale of savage sibling rivalry considerably.
Yukio (Masahiro Motoki) is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and a beautiful wife. His only problem is that his wife is suffering from amnesia, and her past is unknown. Things begin to fall apart, however, when both his parents die suddenly, killed by a mysterious stranger with Yukio's face. Only when Yukio confronts this stranger will the mystery of his identity, and his wife's past, be revealed.
Special Features:
- New HD transfer
- Audio commentary by Tom Mes, author of Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto
- Making of Gemini” featurette directed by Takashi Miike
- Behind the Scenes
- Make-up demonstration featurette
- Venice Film Festival featurette
- Original Trailer
- First 1000 units come with slipcase featuring new artwork illustrated by Ian McEwan
Yukio (Masahiro Motoki) is living a charmed life: he is a respected young doctor with a successful practice and a beautiful wife. His only problem is that his wife is suffering from amnesia, and her past is unknown. Things begin to fall apart, however, when both his parents die suddenly, killed by a mysterious stranger with Yukio's face. Only when Yukio confronts this stranger will the mystery of his identity, and his wife's past, be revealed.
Special Features:
- New HD transfer
- Audio commentary by Tom Mes, author of Iron Man: The Cinema of Shinya Tsukamoto
- Making of Gemini” featurette directed by Takashi Miike
- Behind the Scenes
- Make-up demonstration featurette
- Venice Film Festival featurette
- Original Trailer
- First 1000 units come with slipcase featuring new artwork illustrated by Ian McEwan
Also to be released on various video on demand platforms
http://thirdwindowfilms.com/films/gemini/
