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本片改编自日本作家山田风太郎的同名巨著《甲贺忍法帖》。于2005年9月在日本上映，总投资达15亿日元。1614年德川家康主宰天下期间，两个长久以来处于敌对的忍者村落——伊贺与甲贺，为了维护和平，二方祖先便订立了约定，互不往来但定期比武决胜负。两个忍者村落的个别继承人胧（仲间由纪惠 饰）与弦之介（小田切让 饰）在偶然不知彼此身分之下相遇认识，进而坠入情网，但悲惨的宿命却正等候着他们两人。德川为了确实掌握政权，于是展开政治密谋，挑起两边村落间的冲突与对立，进而消灭对方的种族。此时胧与弦之介将被迫成为敌人，两人必须背负起家族使命展开决斗……

An anthology of five horror stories shared by five men trapped in the basement of an office building.@

本美术片取材于陶渊明笔下家喻户晓的同名故事，在3D技术平台上巧妙运用了多种中国传统的艺术表现形式，包括水墨、剪纸、皮影等。2006年，该片荣获日本TBS电视台举办的DigiCon6+2数字作品大赛最优秀作品、中国国际动漫影视作品“美猴奖”大赛最佳短片等大奖。东晋年间，以捕鱼为生的武陵渔人无意间闯入一片世外桃源，较比外面喧哗、残暴的复杂世相，那里的人们过着宁静、祥和的单纯日子，他从这些朴实的村民身上，得到了从没有过的温暖。但这片美景恍若梦境，可遇难求。

In his bold, poetic approach, Clu Gulager manages to pack a decade's worth of experimentation into a fast, economical 20 minutes. Images dissolve and bleed into one another, freeze-frame and turn into paintings. Gulager also utilizes different camera speeds and even (and this is something I haven't seen before) the grain of the film to achieve his effects. Laszlo Kovacs' sun bleached photography helps immeasurably in streamlining such techniques into a powerfully eccentric, disturbingly compelling narrative. Far from pretentious (the word I'd use to describe most "experimental" films from the late sixties), this film comes off both as a celebration of childhood innocence and an uncompromising examination of its darkest extremes. And furthermore, Gulager and Kovacs achieve what may be the most unsettling final freeze frame ever.