2LDK

Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko
Release date: 2003
Language: Japanese
Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller

Starring:
Eiko Koike as Nozomi
Maho Nonami as Rana

Synopsis:
Nozomi and Lana share an apartment in Tokyo. They have both auditioned for the same role in a movie, and know that the shortlist has been cut down to just the two of them. As they wait the night before finding out who will get the role, their personality clashes erupt into an all-out battle.
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Curiosities:
Award:
Philadelphia Film Festival: Jury Award: Best Directot: Tsutsumi Yukihiko
Trivia:
*Filmed in sequence over eight days. Due to the tight schedule the actresses and crew often had to work through the night.
*When Nozomi is hit in the face by the eggs, they are thrown by director Yukihiko Tsutsumi.
*Yukihiko Tsutsumi and Ryûhei Kitamura each finished their contributions to the short film anthology Jam Films (2002) in record time. As a result producer Shinya Kawai gave the two directors a proposal to each create a feature length movie with only two actors, battling in one setting and filmed entirely in one week. The undertaking was called the Duel Project. This movie was Yukihiko Tsutsumi's result and Ryuhei Kitamura's was Aragami (2003).
*The film's title has two origins. Firstly in the film, the apartment where everything occurs is numbered 2LDK. Secondly in Japan it is a way of describing the apartment. The number of bedrooms, L = Living Room, D = Dining Room, K = Kitchen So therefore 2LDK. Apartment sizes start at 1R (A studio with integrated kitchen) and go up.

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Forbidden Siren

Aka: Sairen

Director: Tsutsumi Yukihiko

Release date: 2006

Language: Japanese

Subtitle: English (Hard-subbed)

Genre: Horror, Mystery

Starring:

Yui Ichikawa as Yuki Amamoto
Leo Morimoto as Shinichi Amamoto
Naoki Tanaka as Yutaka Minamida
Hiroshi Abe as Kei Tsuchida

Synopsis:

A writer moves to a remote island with his daughter and young son. After settling into their new home, a neighbor arrives to welcome them and give them a breakdown of the local rules; most important: do not go outside when the island's siren starts wailing.
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Review:

For all the fans of Silent Hill movie and games because the plot is very similar. For those who aren't I'm sure you'll like this movie anyway because it's a mystery movie with stunning twists.

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Curiosities:

Based on a famous game with the same name.

Tagline: It all Began with a Mysterious Warning...

Although the sightjacking ability from the videogames plays no part in the film, there are several moments where the camera takes the perspective of a prowling Shibito. This is clear reference to the game where, seeing oneself briefly through the Shibito's eyes will alert the player to danger.

Another nod towards the games is the use of music that plays during the scene where Yuki enters the isolated market and wonders where all the islanders have gone. The music could be collected as informative documentation that the player can view in the Archives.

The folktale of the mermaid is very similar to the Legend of Yaobikuni found in the first game.

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