Pierce (Movie)

[Machine Translation] Is my beloved brother the devil? Winner of the Best Director Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (Czech Republic)! A suspense thriller based on a real-life indiscriminate murder case and the director's own experiences! The feature debut of Nelicia Low, a former fencing champion of Singapore, is a psychological suspense thriller that thrillingly questions "what is love" through a sibling love akin to codependence, based on an indiscriminate murder in Taipei in 2014 and the director's own relationship with her brother. A psychological suspense thriller. The film is a beautiful and disturbing love story featuring popular Taiwanese actor Tsao Yu-Ning and rising star Liu Shu-Fu. Cao Yu-Ning, who made a strong debut with KANO-1931 and is popular not only in Taiwan but also in Japan, and Liu Shu-Fu, who gained attention for her role in Netflix's "I Love You Because I'm a Liar," show a new level of passion in their roles as beautiful brothers whose love and doubt are intertwined. The film is directed by world-renowned cinematographer Michaud Dimech and sound designer Do Doo-chi, who is one of Taiwan's leading sound designers. The film's solid quality is supported by an international crew. The director of photography is Michaud Dimech, who has shot such high-profile films as "EO" and "Girl with Needles," and has won several prestigious film awards, including the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Cinematography. The film is directed by Do Doo Doo Chi, a leading Taiwanese sound designer who has worked with Edward Yang, Hou Hsiao-hsien, and Wong Kar-wai, among others, and depicts the complex psychology of love transforming and reality distorting. The story follows the reunion of Jee Han and his estranged younger brother Ji Jie, who is released from a juvenile prison after seven years for stabbing his opponent to death during a fencing match. Ji-hae believes his brother's claim that it was an accident, and steals his mother's eyes and takes fencing lessons from his brother. The two brothers begin to reconnect with each other. However, the memory of his childhood drowning comes back to him. Why didn't my brother reach out to me right then? Did he wish I had died? As doubts deepen, a nightmarish incident occurs... The special features include the Japanese trailer and the original trailer. 4C picture label specification.

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愛すべき兄は、悪魔か――。カルロヴィ・ヴァリ国際映画祭 (チェコ)最優秀監督賞受賞作品! ■実際に起きた無差別殺傷事件と、監督自身の体験を元にしたサスペンス・スリラー! 元フェンシング、シンガポール代表という異色の経歴を持つネリシア・ロウ監督の長編デビュー作となる本作。2014年に台北で起きた無差別殺傷事件と監督自身の兄との関係性を元に、共依存にも似た兄弟愛を通して「愛とはなにか」をスリリングな展開で問いかける心理サスペンス・スリラー。■台湾の人気俳優ツァオ・ヨウニン (曹佑寧)&新星リウ・シウフー (劉修甫)が魅せる美しくも不穏な愛情。『KANO-1931海の向こうの甲子園』で鮮烈なデビューを飾り、台湾のみならず日本でも人気を集めるツァオ・ヨウニンと、Netflix『ウソつきな僕が君を好きなのは』で注目されたリウ・シウフーが、愛と疑念が交差する美しい兄弟を熱演し新境地を見せる。■世界が注目する撮影監督ミハウ・ディメク、台湾の重鎮サウンド・デザイナー ドゥ・ドゥーチー。国際的なスタッフ陣が支える確かなクオリティ作品。撮影監督を務めたのは、『EO イーオー』『ガール・ウィズ・ニードル』など話題作の撮影を手掛け、全米映画批評家協会賞など世界の名だたる撮影賞を受賞するミハウ・ディメク。そして、エドワード・ヤン、ホウ・シャオシェン、ウォン・カーウァイらを支えた台湾の重鎮サウンド・デザイナー、ドゥ・ドゥーチーが、愛が変貌し現実が歪んでいく複雑な心理を演出する。──フェンシングの試合中に対戦相手を刺殺し、少年刑務所から7年ぶりに出所した兄ジーハンと疎遠になっていた弟ジージエが再会する。ジージエは事故だという兄の言葉を信じて、母の目を盗み、兄からフェンシングの指導を受ける。兄弟の時間を取り戻していくふたり。しかし、幼き日の溺れた記憶がよぎる。あの時、なぜ兄はすぐに手を差し伸べなかったのか。僕が死ねばいいと思ってた? 疑念が深まる中、悪夢のような事件が・・・。特典映像には日本版予告編/オリジナル予告編を収録。4Cピクチャーレーベル仕様。