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Three... Extremes (2004)

Three... Extremes poster
Original title
쓰리, 몬스터
Directed by
Fruit Chan, Park Chan-wook, Takashi Miike
Genre
horror film
Country
Hong Kong, South Korea, People's Republic of China, Japan
Runtime
2h 01m
Rated
18
Rating
6.8 of 10 from 416 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A horror anthology film with three segments from different East Asian directors. Each story involves unsettling situations with dark themes.

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What happens

Three... Extremes (Chinese: 三更2; pinyin: Sāngēng 2; Korean: 쓰리, 몬스터; RR: Sseuli, Monseuteo; Japanese: 美しい夜、残酷な朝; Utsukushī Yoru, Zankokuna Asa) is a 2004 horror anthology film. A follow-up to Three (2002), it follows the same concept of three individual segments by directors from three East Asian countries. The segments are, in order: Dumplings, directed by Fruit Chan (Hong Kong), Cut, directed by Park Chan-wook (South Korea), and Box, directed by Takashi Miike (Japan). Dumplings was also released as a theatrical feature film the same year, with additional scenes and a different ending. Although a sequel to Three, Extremes was released before the original in the United States, leading Three to be released in the United States as Three... Extremes II, repackaged as a faux sequel. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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