Review done by: Nekra
Starring: Eiko Koike & Moha Nonami
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Synopsis: Two actresses from two very different backgrounds live
together in an apartment and are both up for the same role. Who gets it?
Review:
2LDK essentially stands for 2 bedroom, living, dining room, and kitchen.
There are two women living in this apartment, one girl is rich and has
everything she could almost want except she is haunted by a horrible past
that she cannot escape in her mind. The other girl is from the country.
Both girls are up for the same role in a movie called the ‘Yakuza Wives’ and
they both want the same man. Finally they have had enough of each other
and there is much blood. From what I read this movie was based on the
idea by a producer who challenged him and Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus,
Battlefield Baseball, Sky High) and proposed to them to each make a movie
with only two characters and have it done within a week and both have to
be battle movies. Kitamura's movie is titled 'Aragami'.
The idea for this movie is very simple and the main cast just consists of 2
girls. There are other characters, some heard over the phone while others
are seen through flashbacks. This is a very fun and action packed movie. In
the beginning the girls have an internal dialogue where they just talk about
what they are annoyed by that the other girl does, and they actually say
the opposite thing to them. The girls finally get sick of each other and just
try to kill each other with whatever weapon they can pick up. Some of the
stuff they pick up is hilarious. There are hairdryers, mini chainsaws, plants
being thrown, etc. You really can’t help but laugh and cringe.
You really just don't see any of this coming, especially with the ending and
you realize that both of these girls must be crazy. I really liked the idea of
this movie but I will admit that this film does have its dull moments where
you are just waiting for something to happen. Then it goes back to where
you think, how many times have all of us just wanted to kill the person we
pretend to get along with? Not the greatest style of movies but I did
appreciate the lack of background music. It made the movie seem more
realistic like you were actually watching two girls trying to kill each other.
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Overall: 7/10
Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Synopsis: Two actresses from two very different backgrounds live
together in an apartment and are both up for the same role. Who gets it?
Review:
2LDK essentially stands for 2 bedroom, living, dining room, and kitchen.
There are two women living in this apartment, one girl is rich and has
everything she could almost want except she is haunted by a horrible past
that she cannot escape in her mind. The other girl is from the country.
Both girls are up for the same role in a movie called the ‘Yakuza Wives’ and
they both want the same man. Finally they have had enough of each other
and there is much blood. From what I read this movie was based on the
idea by a producer who challenged him and Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus,
Battlefield Baseball, Sky High) and proposed to them to each make a movie
with only two characters and have it done within a week and both have to
be battle movies. Kitamura's movie is titled 'Aragami'.
The idea for this movie is very simple and the main cast just consists of 2
girls. There are other characters, some heard over the phone while others
are seen through flashbacks. This is a very fun and action packed movie. In
the beginning the girls have an internal dialogue where they just talk about
what they are annoyed by that the other girl does, and they actually say
the opposite thing to them. The girls finally get sick of each other and just
try to kill each other with whatever weapon they can pick up. Some of the
stuff they pick up is hilarious. There are hairdryers, mini chainsaws, plants
being thrown, etc. You really can’t help but laugh and cringe.
You really just don't see any of this coming, especially with the ending and
you realize that both of these girls must be crazy. I really liked the idea of
this movie but I will admit that this film does have its dull moments where
you are just waiting for something to happen. Then it goes back to where
you think, how many times have all of us just wanted to kill the person we
pretend to get along with? Not the greatest style of movies but I did
appreciate the lack of background music. It made the movie seem more
realistic like you were actually watching two girls trying to kill each other.
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Overall: 7/10
Genres: Drama
Rated: Unrated
Country: Japan
Year: 2002
Runtime: 70 minutes
Studio: TLA Releasing
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Rated: Unrated
Country: Japan
Year: 2002
Runtime: 70 minutes
Studio: TLA Releasing
IMDB Page
Amazon Page
Online since: February 20th, 2006
