Description

It’s 1920, and the serial killing of beautiful women has terrified Japan. When Hongo, an elite young lieutenant, investigates, he discovers is a strange theatre in Asukusa where the bizarre man Dr. Caligari uses his subject, a woman, to conjure a truly chilling show of the supernatural. Hongo finds himself backstage, chasing a mysterious shadow, when he meet a beautiful German-Japanese woman named Zabine. When the shadow reveal itself to be a monstrous humanoid spider, Zabine transforms into the superhuman Silver Mask!

Silver Mask is a loose remake of the popular television series which appeared on Japan’s TBS network from 1971-72. Directed by non other than Akio Jissoji, it revisits the 1920s from a original angle, paying homage to the classic silent film of the German Expressionist era, The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. It is the final work of the great last work of Mr. Jissoji, and exhibits every drop of the highly imaginative style that has made him famous.

—Andre Dubois

Website

http://www.silverkamen.com/silverkamen/

Credits

Director: Akio Jissoji
Screenplay: Nakano Takao, Kobayashi Yuji
Cast: Nina Uchida Elly Watanabe Dai Watanabe Renji Ishibashi Kenji Mizuhashi
Producers: Suzuki Masanobu, Hattori Mitsunori
Distributor: Geneon Entertainment Inc.