In a Thicket

– Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.70 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 28 Minutes
Release Year:
1996
Original Name:
藪の中
In a Thicket (1996) - Also known as 藪の中

Sato's re-imagining of In a Grove, on which Rashomon was based. In this version, instead of a web of lies and agendas, we get a web of desires, perversions like incest, and occult phenomenon like an oracle-demon, hallucinations, and human sacrifice. Once again, the story starts with a detective trying to unravel the story of a man and a woman encountering a bandit-rapist in the woods, but the real story keeps turning out to be unfathomable as layer upon layer of strange motives and events keep turning up.

Producing Country:
Release Date:

18 May 1996

Language:

Japanese

Director:

Hisayasu Satô

Writer:

Ryûnosuke Akutagawa (story "Yabu no naka"), Takashi Natori (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Shigeki Hosokawa, Shunsuke Matsuoka, Kaori Sakagami, Hitomi Shiraishi

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10