British film board bans sale of Japanese horror movie

If they started filming the daily reality in Japan, they might ban it as well.

Anyone seen this movie? Has it sold well here in Japan?

Classic. Land Of The Rising sadism. Salaryman's delight ..... shame as not everyone here is a salaryman otaku

Well done. japan keep your perversions to yourself. Us British do not want to be corrupted by filth like this.

We like deceny qnd class; ie The Carry On Series etc...

http://www.nipponcinema.com/blog/grotesque_brings_nsfw_to_a_whole_new_level/

Censorship... will it ever stop? If you don't want to see it, DON'T WATCH IT!!!!!! As for my freedoms, Don't tread on me.

Now where to get this movie...

That's the power of Japanese horror movie they are having less offensive nor horror scene compare to the western movies but they can cause severe horrifying effect.

Awesome

time to buy a few and stick them on ebay :D

Sounds terrible but surely a ban just makes many (including posters here!) want to watch it even more!

Plenty of product placement opportunities for Makita here.

I predict a spike in BT traffic for this movie to Britain! It's not exactly easy to ban something these days.

Most of it sounds like a good Japanese cultural movie.

I saw the Japanese dissection torture movie GUINEA PIG while in University. I couldn't get through it and had to turn it off after about 15 minutes. I suppose this is along the same lines. i couldn't see a point but my understanding is these are made on low budgets and when one hits, the producers can cash in. I'm sure this ban only translates to increased sales for the producers.

Assuming this is fictionalized depictions of torture, i.e. no one is actually being tortured, then slap it with the most restrictive rating and be done with it. This is censorship.

You bring the popcorn, I'll bring the barf bags.

"Grotesque"

Are the Kano sisters in this?

And is that the original title?

These films are just like med school practicals - the first time you feel faint and queasy, but after a while you're taking a bucket of KFC into the theater.

Sarge

Are the Kano sisters in this?

No. Only biodegradable actors were used...

It’s art! LOL How can you censor art?

you will be able to download it from the net about 3 days after the DVD is on sale. Who would buy movies these days?

USNinJapan2: LOL (so true!)

The Kano sisters really are grotesque, though...

presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism,”

That sounds pretty right for a Japanese film. Video games are the same. nothing wrong with this culture.

Glad to see the government is taking personal choice away there.

“‘Grotesque’ features minimal narrative or character development and presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism,” the board said in a statement.

Welcome to Japan, the land of kiddy porn, weird fetish comics and films like this.

wtf, why can Japan make this kind of movie but video games with exploding heads and limbs and excessive blood get banned?!

Not my cup of tea. I prefer sex to violence, myself. Can I say that here?

You just have, now if only you could post your contact details :)

Japan should appeal this decision, why not send one of these "Ambassadors of Cute" over the UK to sort the Brits out.

The board said the movie’s nonstop scenes of torture—including amputation, eye-gouging, castration and evisceration

I wonder how many spotty British teens jumped on BitTorrent as soon as they read that...

http://www.theonion.com/content/news/japan_pledges_to_halt_production

If only

presents the audience with little more than an unrelenting and escalating scenario of humiliation, brutality and sadism,”

Disillusioned, that sounds like the prospects for the female workforce in Japan

"Eviscerific!" -- Leonard Maltin

In recent years the British film censors have become extremely broad-minded. Almost nothing is banned completely, and even mainstream cinemas show real, graphic sex (ever seen "9 Songs" ?) But I'm glad to see that this sort of violence is still beyond the pale. I've always found it weird that in places like the USA, an onscreen nipple is disgusting and immoral, whereas extreme violence is ok. And in Japan, soft porn is masked behind a mosaic, but grotesque gore is just fine. Good to see Blighty gets things the right way round in this respect.

No graphic mutilation rape please, we're British

Go into any suburban video shop in Japan and you will see worse movies than this sitting on the shelves...rape movies, torture and "real death" documentaries all seem to be popular judging by how many are on display. The Brits made the right decision.

Glad to see the government is taking personal choice away there.

FYI, the BBFC isn't a government organisation, it is an independent body.

British ban japanese horror movie. British banned also banned many others stuffs from japan during the British empire days. Lack of income from exports,started WW2.

1 japanese horror movie ban,does really affect Japan's income unless they ban many japanese movies.

So did they ban the movie "Saw"? that was pretty gruesome. Personally I doubt I'd watch this but I do find it odd that Britain has this degree of censorship.

I'm not for censorship, but this movie certainly doesn't sound like something ANYONE should want to see. Why was it made? What purpose does it serve? Entertainment media is meant to be just that -- entertainment. Who in the world finds entertainment in brutal torture and rape? Horror movies are supposed to scare you, boost your adrenaline; not make you sick to your stomach and leave you feeling like you'll never be clean again. Movies like "Saw" and "Hostel" are bad enough; why do these things keep getting funded? These filmmakers have every right to make their films, but nobody has the obligation to fund, distribute, or publicize them.

I have found that a lot of those so-call horror movies are not scary at all. They are more of gross than scary. Of course, a sudden loud noise will always startle people, but that cannot be classified as being scared. IMO, a good horror film will need to create the atmosphere that the hairs of the audiences will stand on their ends without even displaying any gross/special make-up scene. So far, in recent years, I have seen none and I have watched a lot of horror movies. Way too many that I think I am desensitized. Some of them are so boring that I actually felt asleep while watching them.

I watched it last night.....it is rubbish! The Japanese is easy to understand though....

[Sounds terrible but surely a ban just makes many (including posters here!) want to watch it even more!] -- Not me. I don't even like mild horror movies. This is just sick and anyone that was involved in the production of such a disgusting film should be caned 100 lashes. We don't need this crap destroying our humanity. Let's stick to porn. At least they are involved in natural acts in most of the movies.

I just watched it.

It is, without a doubt, the most disgusting thing I have ever seen in my life. I feel violated in the sense that nothing can shock me anymore - only, perhaps, the same thing non-fiction.

Thanks god they didn't ban Hostel (1 & 2), THAT movies have a deep plot...