Masters of Horror: Imprint (2006) | DISTURBING BREAKDOWN
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00:00 Welcome to the breakdown where we break down all of the messed up shit.
00:09 My name is Spooky and today we are revisiting the extreme and disturbing library of one
00:14 of the most disturbing horror film directors out there, Takashi Miike.
00:19 If I had this channel but never talked about any of his films, I deserve life in prison.
00:24 Well here's one of the directors that was chosen to direct a unique story for the horror
00:28 anthology series known as Masters of Horror.
00:32 Well they were tasked with writing and directing their horror story, but Takashi Miike probably
00:37 went a little too far.
00:38 The 13th episode of Masters of Horror, Imprint, which is based on a Japanese horror novel,
00:44 is the result of Takashi Miike, but was blocked by the TV network Shotan because it was too
00:51 disturbing.
00:52 Even the executive producer called it the most disturbing film he has ever seen.
00:55 The film is about an American journalist who has been traveling Japan to find someone,
01:00 but from what we see later in the movie, maybe he should have stayed his western ass back
01:04 home.
01:05 If you want to see what happens, including all the messed up parts, stay tuned for the
01:12 breakdown.
01:14 The episode begins with an eerie lake.
01:17 Some Japanese people from a scary red light district are taking an old American journalist
01:22 named Chris to their little village.
01:24 Nobody is entirely friendly to a foreigner who might start trouble.
01:28 They come across a body in the lake, all bloated and blue.
01:32 They leave the body there cause somebody must have dumped it.
01:35 Chris finds himself at the little community, most likely it will be called Horror Town.
01:40 Anyway, Chris is looking around at the courtesans asking for his attention.
01:45 While he is ignoring them, he seems to be looking for a specific girl in particular.
01:50 This girl in the back is interesting though, the one who won't grab her attention like
01:54 the other workers.
01:55 I'll just call her Jin Yu.
01:57 Chris asks this short guy with syphilis if he knows about a certain girl named Komomo.
02:03 He's some kind of barker.
02:04 No Komomo on this island he says.
02:07 So Chris gets ready to go, but the short person rings him in for the night.
02:10 He gets a room for the night, and some inner monologue reveals this Komomo girl was the
02:15 love of his life.
02:17 He had to leave for America, but he promised he would be back to take her to the states.
02:21 He found out though that she was sent to another brothel before he could come back.
02:25 So his mission is looking all over Japan for her.
02:29 In his room, this little spinner fan starts to move unnaturally, almost as if in sync
02:34 with the arrival of a courtesan.
02:36 The same one that was sitting shy in the back, Jin Yu.
02:40 A new glance at her though reveals she is quite disfigured.
02:44 She says she was hiding in the back to hide from "lost spirits".
02:49 This is her lead in to her trying to scare Chris with the presence of "lost spirits",
02:54 but that's all a joke.
02:55 It's not too funny though.
02:57 She finds more closeness to the dead than the living.
03:00 The American finds her relatable, but at the same time he seems to be weird himself.
03:05 The way he talks to her makes me think he has some secrets hidden.
03:09 Jin Yu knows of Komomo, but sadly it seems Komomo has passed away.
03:14 Killed herself because she couldn't wait any longer for her love.
03:18 In fact I think the dead body from the beginning was Komomo.
03:22 Obviously he's quite bothered by this, but she doesn't want him to leave.
03:26 If he's going to get drunk and sad then it's best to stay in the room.
03:30 The courtesan just watches over the drunk man, who randomly asks Jin Yu to tell a bedtime
03:36 story.
03:37 It would consist of her origin story and conclude with Komomo's demise.
03:42 So she came from a small little village far away.
03:45 Bred from two parents with difficult lives, she seems to have been disfigured since birth.
03:50 The only person who didn't care about her face was this Buddhist priest, who also gets
03:55 her obsessed with the concepts of heaven and hell.
03:58 It's kinda weird to see a Buddhist priest concerned with those concepts.
04:02 Anyway, the father dies of sickness, so the mom gives her child away so she can live better.
04:08 As we can see now though, she only got taught the trade of being a courtesan, and it was
04:13 involuntary.
04:15 Nobody wants her services though because she is disfigured.
04:18 No clients means no food here.
04:21 Komomo is right here though, giving her food to Jin Yu.
04:24 They become friends, like minded friends in a way.
04:27 But the real one that is bullied is Komomo.
04:30 The whores like to assault both Komomo, reclaiming that she is more than a whore, and Jin Yu
04:36 for being disfigured.
04:38 But Jin Yu knows how to scare the girls so they don't end up like her as she says.
04:44 The reason Komomo committed suicide comes up soon.
04:47 So apparently they thought she stole a ring from the manager here.
04:51 She denies it and so they torture her by burning her with those scented stick things.
04:55 Yeah, they got black teeth.
04:57 Looks creepy but it was pretty acceptable back in the 19th century.
05:01 Okay so be ready to cringe guys, like seriously.
05:04 I don't even remember Ichi the killer having as much cringeworthy torturing.
05:08 By cringeworthy, I mean it's painful to watch in the shocking way, not the awkward way.
05:14 They stab Komomo right in the center of her finger.
05:17 Plus you hear all the noises along with it.
05:20 No wonder they block this on TV.
05:22 They do that for like damn near each and every finger here.
05:26 She also gets needles straight in her gums.
05:28 I'm sure Kakihara would love this but this is just painful.
05:32 It also gives me those girl next door vibes as well.
05:36 All this torture because they thought she stole a ring.
05:38 And yeah she's peeing on herself here.
05:41 She ultimately hangs herself later in the night to escape from this life.
05:45 All of this is according to Jinyu.
05:48 Chris doesn't believe the story at all though.
05:50 I mean he is drunk and angry, but still cries for the truth.
05:54 She replies that sometimes the lie is better, admitting that she wasn't telling a true story
06:00 there.
06:01 But asks do you really want to know the truth?
06:04 Next she retells the story.
06:06 The truth is that Jinyu stole the ring that got Komomo tortured, and lied on her by giving
06:12 evidence that points to her.
06:14 Also it doesn't seem like she hanged herself, but more like Jinyu killed her so as to put
06:19 her out of her misery and reach heaven.
06:22 Of course Chris didn't like that either, but she is still hiding information.
06:28 Randomly though some unnatural being speaks to her, and Chris can hear it as well.
06:33 She fights the being's influence on her body, but whatever it is really shows the true nature
06:38 of this Jinyu woman.
06:40 Now we hear the story again to get the entire truth.
06:44 Turns out her parents were just poor evil beggars.
06:47 The mom even throws away aborted fetuses.
06:51 In the original story she was a midwife, but in the true story she's a crude abortionist.
06:57 The father wasn't loving like presented in the original story, but rather pretty violent
07:03 and abusive.
07:04 So anyway Jinyu was born, but the mom just threw her in the river like it was nothing.
07:09 Miraculously though after 2 days the mom discovers she is still alive.
07:14 So she decides just to raise her and teach her the trade.
07:17 The trade of crudely aborting fetuses and putting them in a bucket to get rid of later.
07:23 Remember that creepy buddhist priest?
07:25 Well in the original story he was caring right?
07:28 But in the true story he most likely molested and assaulted Jinyu as well as get her obsessed
07:33 with heaven and hell.
07:35 Probably similar to any pedophilic catholic priest who might say you'll go to hell if
07:40 you don't submit.
07:42 One day the father viciously beats the mother out, but then turns his attention on his horrified
07:48 daughter in the corner.
07:49 He rapes her, but after she doesn't plan on just letting him live.
07:54 In the original story he died from being sick, but in reality Jinyu has solid snaked him
08:00 and beat him to death.
08:02 As he lays there dying, a creepy hand begins to reveal itself from under her hair.
08:07 This is the unnatural being that was speaking in the present.
08:11 Chris watches her reveal this gross hand, and it has a little face attached.
08:16 Yikes!
08:17 Plus that's the ring that got Komomo killed.
08:19 Jinyu calls it sis, meaning this is her twin sister right here.
08:25 Quite possibly the reason the mother tried to kill her too.
08:29 Also the reason why she has a mutant sister on her head is... well listen.
08:38 If you heard that correctly it's cuz the mother and dad were siblings all along.
08:43 Ok back to the present, not only is it messed up that her sister couldn't be born alongside
08:47 her instead of on her, but this mutant sister also influenced her to do all of the deadly
08:53 things she ever did, like kill the father or steal the ring.
08:58 The mutant is not natural, it's entirely supernatural as well because it behaves like possession.
09:05 The mutant sister literally begins speaking in Komomo's voice.
09:09 It also says "We know what you did back in America".
09:13 So earlier Chris said that the reason he liked Komomo was because she reminded him of his
09:18 little sister.
09:19 Weird yeah, but this little sister died.
09:22 And the reason why is because Chris killed her for some unknown but probably disturbing
09:27 reason.
09:28 Chris is not exactly a good guy.
09:30 Angered he grabs his piece.
09:33 They say in unison that he can't do it, but he does it alright.
09:37 What they really meant was that he can't kill them.
09:40 From here his mind is completely over.
09:43 They take Komomo's form after he shoots them in the head.
09:47 She drags out all of her own brain matter until falling down dead after saying "I waited
09:52 for you".
09:53 I think that's the end of Jinyu however.
09:56 And it's also kind of the end of Chris.
09:59 Next time we see him, he is locked up in a fucked up Japanese prison.
10:02 Like I'm talking about they probably could make a sequel just on what happens to him
10:06 in the prison.
10:07 The guards are all fucked up.
10:09 Chris has lost his mind though.
10:11 He doesn't care about being in this Batman begins ass prison.
10:14 Cause he's hallucinating.
10:16 In fact he sees a dead fetus in a water barrel he drinks from.
10:20 He cradles the barrel before putting it down.
10:23 Revealing the little sister and Komomo standing right next to him in spirit form.
10:28 Maybe Yoa should have stayed back home.
10:30 I wouldn't count out the possibility that he deserves it though.
10:34 Cause there's no telling what he did to his sister that he had to kill her right after.
10:39 Okay so we got through imprint.
10:41 Now let's talk about the most disturbing moment and most enjoyable moment in that spooky stuff.
10:51 So let's get right into it.
10:52 The most disturbed moment is easily Komomo's torture.
10:56 It was very painful to watch.
10:57 I mean not only did Komomo not deserve it.
11:00 She's like a Hinata figure.
11:02 But it was just shocking to watch.
11:04 I hate it when people who don't deserve stuff like this get tortured like that.
11:07 Kinda like that girl from hostile 2.
11:09 Is that my only example?
11:11 And plus fuck all those 2 dollar whores.
11:13 Jealous ass semen gurglers.
11:16 Most enjoyed moment in terms of favorite scene is probably just the whole end with Jingyu.
11:21 She seems like an urban legend you just gotta watch out for.
11:24 Kinda like that slit mouthed woman everybody knows about.
11:26 I wouldn't be surprised if a legend like this passed around for adults to keep the husbands
11:30 home instead of going out with prostitutes.
11:33 Or you might get murdered by a disfigured woman and sent to hell.
11:37 And that's it.
11:38 I hope you guys enjoyed this video.
11:39 And if you did make sure you like the video and subscribe if you want to see more videos
11:42 like this.
11:43 Here on the right is Eiji the killer.
11:45 I made this video when I was about 1000 subscribers.
11:49 So maybe you'll enjoy another cool Takashi Miki piece as well.
11:53 From a slightly different Spooky Rice.
11:55 Here on the left is Visitor Q. Another Takashi Miki film.
11:59 It's pretty weird to say the least but I still think it's one of those films you gotta see.
12:03 Thanks for watching.
12:04 Spooky out!