“Sodom the Killer” creator back with “Sea of Madness”

Hiroshi Takahashi, the man behind most of the Ring movie scripts and director of 2004’s ultra low-budget Sodom the Killer is back with a new project entitled Sea of Madness (Kyouki no Umi). The film was part of Yubari Fanta’s Forum Theater competition back in March and not much else was heard about it until the official website (dead link removed - http://www.kyoukinoumi.com) was updated a few days ago. The movie was made on a nonexistent budget and clocks in at only 34 minutes, but its creators revel in how much they were able to cram into it under those constraints. Japanese moviegoers can revel along with them during midnight showings at Euro Space’s Shibuya theater from June 28-July 11.

The story revolves around the Prime Minister (Tomorowo Taguchi) as he tries to reform the Japanese constitution. Amidst rising tensions between the US and Japan due to the effects of the reforms on Article 9 (the “no war” clause), the US president is killed by a strange curse. Condoleezza Rice sends a member of the “FBI Spiritual Defense Team” (Yoko Chosokabe) to Japan to investigate. She takes the Prime Minister and his wife (Shoko Nakahara) to a secret base at Mt. Fuji and a doorway to Hell is opened. Then there’s some spiritual posession, some nukes, some low-budget odes to “The Sinking of Japan”, and yadda yadda yadda—this synopsis is taking longer than the movie itself.

Anyways, check out the trailer below—courtesy of a little underground site I sometimes use called YouTube.

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