2020   Japan, USA Prisoners of the Ghostland
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Director:Sion Sono
Studio:Eleven Arts
Writer:Aaron Hendry, Reza Sixo Safai
IMDb Rating:4.4 (4,100 votes)
Genre:Action, Horror, Thriller
Duration:103 min
Languages:English
IMDb:6372694
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Sion Sono  ...  (Director)
Aaron Hendry, Reza Sixo Safai  ...  (Writer)
 
Nicolas Cage  ...  Hero
Ed Skrein  ...  
Teresa Ruiz  ...  
Sofia Boutella  ...  Bernice
Bill Moseley  ...  The Governor
Nick Cassavetes  ...  Psycho
Takato Yonemoto  ...  Actor
Yurino  ...  Geisha & Ghost of the Banker
Charles Glover  ...  Enoch
Grace Santos  ...  Angel
Narisa Suzuki  ...  Geisha Gal
Shin Shimizu  ...  Deputy Shin
Saki Ohwada  ...  banker
Jeffrey Rowe  ...  Gunman
Christina Virzi  ...  Crystal
Tak Sakaguchi  ...  Yasujiro
Young Dais  ...  Ratman
Cici Zhou  ...  Chimera
Louis Kurihara  ...  Curi
Tetsu Watanabe  ...  Nabe
Matthew Chozick  ...  Matthew
Constant Voisin  ...  Constant
Yuzuka Nakaya  ...  Susie
Lorena Kotô  ...  Stella
Canon Nawata  ...  Nancy
Hiroshi Kaname  ...  Gumball Boy
Maya Carraz  ...  Young Bernice
Ilsa Levine  ...  Bernice's Mother
Makoto Nishimura  ...  Action Samurai
Suzuki Ichika  ...  Bank Clerk
Risa Yajima  ...  Bank Clerk
Amiru Ito  ...  Bank Customer
Hiraku Nishimoto  ...  Bank Customer
Fûsaku Tani  ...  Bank Security Officer
Mikiya  ...  Bank Security Officer
Chiho Fujii  ...  Chimera's Servant
Mion Ooyama  ...  Chimera's Servant
Mado Karasumori  ...  Chimera's Servant
Miyoshi  ...  Chimera's Servant
Matsuri Kohira  ...  Chimera's Servant
Nakamura Riku  ...  Chimera's Servant
Kenji Gotô  ...  Clock Tower Leader
Kazunari Tosa  ...  Clock Tower Man
Hanai Nitohei  ...  Clock Tower Man
Red  ...  Deputy
Anarchy  ...  Deputy
Nuutti Aleksis  ...  Enoch's Servant
Marion Katel Contentin  ...  Geisha Girl
Pamela Asahi  ...  Geisha
Saiko Yatsuhashi  ...  Geisha
Yûko Yoshii  ...  Ghostland Nursery Teacher
Arao Natsuki  ...  Girl
Kaori Tokudome  ...  Governor Caller
Izumi Yumeno  ...  Governor Girl
Riri Sakurai  ...  Governor Girl
Mako Hiiragi  ...  Governor Girl
Sen Fujimaru  ...  Governor Girl
Momoka Asahi  ...  Governor Girl
Tsukino Yamamoto  ...  Governor Girl
Jai West  ...  Jay
Lisa  ...  Mannequin Woman
Riko Shibata  ...  Mannequin Woman
Marina Seike  ...  Mannequin Woman
Yurie Fukamachi  ...  Mannequin Woman
Koji Taniguchi  ...  Merchant
Noriko Yamade  ...  Merchant
Emiri Kisaragi  ...  Moru
Nakamo Emerson  ...  Moru's Father
Ayana Sôgawa  ...  Ninja
Mai Saionji  ...  Ninja
Karin Takara  ...  Ninja
Seina Suzuki  ...  Ninja
Leo  ...  Raimi
Yuto Endo  ...  Ratman Ichiro
Tatsuhiro Yamaoka  ...  Ratman Jiro
Yusuke Motomura  ...  Ratman Saburo
Daisuke Izumi  ...  Ratman Shiro
Hideyuki Kobashi  ...  Sam
Eiki Narita  ...  Samurai
So Kaku  ...  Samurai
Masato Onotsuka  ...  Samurai
Takahiro Konishi  ...  Samurai
Osamu Narimatsu  ...  Samurai
Chiharu Shimozono  ...  Geisha Gal
Eri Hosoda  ...  Geisha Gal
Reona Seike  ...  Geisha Gal
Hiroko Yano  ...  Geisha Gal
Ritsu Hanaoka  ...  Geisha Gal
Mario Takashima  ...  Geisha Gal
Riyo Shigeta  ...  Geisha Gal
Michiko  ...  Geisha Gal
Mikoto Ise  ...  Geisha Gal
Ayaha Yamamoto  ...  Ghostland Child
Kurumi Shimizu  ...  Ghostland Child
Hiyori Shimizu  ...  Ghostland Child
Ojiro Enomoto  ...  Ghostland Child
Kazuma Nobuhara  ...  Ghostland Child
Riku Mantani  ...  Ghostland Child
Kenshin Kawai  ...  Ghostland Child
Shu Yorozuya  ...  Ghostland Child
Kokona Kawai  ...  Ghostland Child
Yuki Matsuura  ...  Ghostland Child
Cyborg Kaori  ...  Ghostlander
Miyuki Mochizuki  ...  Ghostlander
Eiji Kayama  ...  Ghostlander
Rahul Barolia  ...  Ghostlander
Gordon Hyppolite  ...  Ghostlander
Rika Yoshida  ...  Ghostlander
Hajime Tennoji  ...  Ghostlander
Ryuichi Araki  ...  Ghostlander
Hiroki Yoshida  ...  Ghostlander
Saaya Hirayama  ...  Ghostlander
Jonathan LeFlore  ...  Ghostlander
Shingo Tada  ...  Ghostlander
Junko Kimoto  ...  Ghostlander
Shoya Nagai  ...  Ghostlander
Kanako Konaka  ...  Ghostlander
Shun Kitagawa  ...  Ghostlander
Kazuo Kuroda  ...  Ghostlander
Takeshi Kuroda  ...  Ghostlander
Keiko Taniguchi  ...  Ghostlander
Tatsuya Kojima  ...  Ghostlander
Kota Wadazumi  ...  Ghostlander
Tatsuya Matsumura  ...  Ghostlander
Maaya Murasaki  ...  Ghostlander
Yamato Kuwamura  ...  Ghostlander
Makoto Takeshita  ...  Ghostlander
Yasuho Nihei  ...  Ghostlander
Melinda Antaramian  ...  Ghostlander
Yu Imai  ...  Ghostlander
Miwa Komai  ...  Ghostlander
Antonio Scotto  ...  Gunman
Michael Filosa  ...  Gunman
Aoi Yo  ...  Gunman
Ryunosuke Goto  ...  Gunman
B.T.  ...  Gunman
Shedrick Desi  ...  Gunman
Teruaki Ogawa  ...  Gunman
Junichi Takakusagi  ...  Gunman
Tomoyasu Yamamoto  ...  Gunman
Keishi Miyamoto  ...  Gunman
Toshiki Hirose  ...  Gunman
Ikumi Takahashi  ...  Samurai Town Child
Keijiro Fukutomi  ...  Samurai Town Child
Koa Miyahara  ...  Samurai Town Child
Konon Miyahara  ...  Samurai Town Child
Kurea Woods Sugita  ...  Samurai Town Child
Minori Takahashi  ...  Samurai Town Child
Misaki Uemura  ...  Samurai Town Child
Noeru Ishida  ...  Samurai Town Child
Yasuhiro Noguchi  ...  Samurai Town Child
Reio Fukumaru  ...  Samurai Town Child
Riko Karatsu  ...  Samurai Town Child
Rintaro Kudo  ...  Samurai Town Child
Ryunosuke Takahashi  ...  Samurai Town Child
Tsubasa Tanaka  ...  Samurai Town Child
Yuto Yamamoto  ...  Samurai Town Child
Joseph Trapanese  ...  Composer
Sôhei Tanikawa  ...  Cinematographer
Taylor Levy  ...  Editor
Comments: If Nic Cage thinks this "might be the wildest film he's ever made" he never saw Mandy.

The Good: Sono has reached the level of Christopher Guest in that every single player in his cast, down to the barely visible extras, knows they are in a Sono film and act accordingly. So the film is full of only-in-a-Sono-film moments (but you may need to be a Sono Cultist to appreciate them all).
The colors, the framing, the lighting. All Sono, all there.

The Bad: Sono didn't script it. Nothing happens. The story is lame. The violence--if you can even call it that--is hugely stupid and boring.

The best moment in the film is an outtake. After Yasujiro kicks Cage in the ball (he has only one left), Cage breaks character and says "fuuuuck", like it really hurt; camera pulls back and Yasujiro puts his hands on his knees to catch his breath. I don't know what was going on there but it was funny and odd.

I believe Sono makes a cameo as the man who says "I'm not vermin. I'm a man. Man right here"

For me this is better than the self scripted error films Sono makes because I didn't hate this the way I hate his error films. It's not completely terrible but it's certainly forgettable


Summary: The film centers on notorious criminal Hero who is sent to rescue an abducted girl who has disappeared into a dark supernatural universe. They must break the evil curse that binds them and escape the mysterious revenants that rule the Ghostland, an East-meets-West vortex of beauty and violence.


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