About Two Tales of Terror: J-Horror Unleashed with Best Wishes to All/Mina ni ko are + Gozu
Best Wishes to All/Mina ni ko are (Yûta Shimotsu, Japan, 2023): A young woman's visit to her grandparents' home leads to the discovery of what's brought them happiness, a revelation that will lead her to question her choices, sanity, and reality itself. [89 min; horror; Japanese with English subtitles]
Gozu (Takashi Miike, Japan, 2003): Acclaimed director Takashi Miike's unhinged Yakuza/horror film continues to shock and amaze audiences decades after its original release. Minami is sent to kill his mentor Ozaki (who is in the midst of a nervous breakdown) but soon finds the simple hit quickly morphs into a terrifying and visceral journey into the unexplained and unknown. One of the films in Miike's oeuvre that continues to confound and haunt audiences, which is saying something! [129 min; horror; Japanese with English subtitles]
"[Best Wishes to All] is, hands down, the best Japanese horror movie in decades, and quite possibly the single best horror movie you’ll see this year, period." — David Fear, Rolling Stone
"[Best Wishes to All is] the type of unsettling, high-concept horror film that knows exactly what it wants to be and executes it with unforgiving verve." — Zachary Lee, RogerEbert.com
"Unclassifiable cult figure Takashi Miike's films invariably have their share of weirdness and perversity, but Gozu arguably outweirds all previous efforts in the prolific Japanese director's eclectic canon." — David Rooney, Variety
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