Masters of Horror Season 2, Episode 13: Dream Cruise
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The Second Season of the Masters of Horror series on Showtime combines top horror writers and directors together for a second year creating some incredible (and some not so incredible) one-hour features. Dream Cruise, the thirteenth episode of season 2 is a classic Asian ghost story.
Written by The Zombie Master Lee Roberts
July 22, 2007
Original
air date: February 2, 2007
Directed by: Norio Tsuruta
Written by: Naoya Takayama
Short story by: Koji Suzuki
Starring:
Daniel Gillies as Jack Miller
Yoshino Kimura as Yuri Saito
Ryo Ishibashi as Eiji Saito
Synopsis: Jack Miller (Daniel Gillies) is
a lawyer based in
Tokyo, Japan. His client, Eiji Saito (Ryo Ishibashi), is in trouble and
Jack requests a meeting to discuss options. Eiji wants the meetings to
take place on his boat with his wife Yuri Saito (Yoshino Kimura) in
attendance. In Dream Cruise, however, here are
three problems
with this plan. First, Jack is completely terrified of water from a
past experience when his younger brother died while boating. Second,
Jack is having an affair with Yuri, and Eiji knows about it. Third, the
place that Eiji is taking them happens to be where his first wife
suddenly disappeared.
Thoughts: I liked Dream Cruise. It is not my favorite but it is viewable. Again, Ryo Ishibashi shines in his role and Yoshino Kimura did very well. As a matter of fact, the entire Asian cast made Daniel Gillies look like a high school thespian thrown amongst Oscar winners. The only thing that might turn some people off is the fact that if you have seen one modern Japanese ghost story you have seen them all. One malcontent spirit with really long black hair attacks those who enter the cursed area that is also her domain. Sounds familiar and can get tiring, but Dream Cruise is only an hour long so it is actually pretty good. Questions or comments about Dream Cruise? Contact us!
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