TORICO made her directional debut in 2004 with a short film “MIGAKAGAMI” which was highly acclaimed by three major film festivals in Japan, including Tokyo Fantastic Film Festival and Yubari International Film Festival. Furthermore, at the Indies Movie festival, which is known as the gateway to success for the new directors, she became a runner-up to the grand prize. Despite the fact that it was her first directional independent film, it was invited and screened in 6 countries and 10 film festivals around the world including Korea, Spain, Italy, Sweden, and Montreal, Canada. “Wicked Flowers” is TORICO’s first feature film that has been released in the theater.
(85 min / color / 2006 / Japan)
director:TORICO
STORY
You will be unable to get out of this perplexing game that puts your life at risk…
One day, Miroku receives a packet of tissues with the following advertisement insert. “We are seeking for people who are craving for the ultimate excitement.
Access to: www.ikerushinibana.com”
Miroku soon finds out that it is a game website running under a membership system.
Candidates who passed the screening test could only enroll in a game that offered prize money to the winner. Miroku, a game lover, challenges it and soon receives a notification that he had become a successful applicant.
However, he did not yet know that this was only a beginning of the game that would set his life in danger.
Miroku soon encounters freakish people with weird questions, and sees other participants die one after another.
What is the purpose of this game? And will Miroku be able to puzzle out the answer and free himself from this manslaughter game?
Cast:
Motoki FUKAMI, Masahiro TODA, Yoshiichi KAWADA, Keisuke URUSHISAKI, Fujiko, FLIP FLAP, Teruko HANAHARA
Staff:
Produced by Hiroki OWADA / Executive Producers: Kentaro WATANABE, Yuko WATABE / Producers: Yasuhiro KAWAKAMI, Tomoki HAGIO, Aya SASAKI, Tomotake MATSUMOTO / Line Producer: Yasuhiro MIYOSHI / Director of Photography: Hikaru YASUDA / Recording: Futa NAGAO / Decoration: Hiroko YANAGISAWA / Art Direction: Tadaya MIYASHITA / Assist. Director: Toshiaki ADACHI / Music: Masahiko KURAHORI / Editor: Hiroki YAMAGUCHI / Costume: Mami ITO / Hair & Makeup: Mika NISHIDA / Graphic Artist: Yoshihiro SAITO
Production: COCOON / Project Team: NETCINEMA.TV Consortium
