Invisible Waves
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 Invisible Waves film poster. |
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| Directed by | Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Produced by | Wouter Barendrecht, Mingmonkul Sonakul, Hiromi Aihara |
| Written by | Prabda Yoon |
| Starring | Tadanobu Asano, Toon Hiranyasap, Kang Hye-jeong, Ken Mitsuishi, Eric Tsang, Maria Cordero |
| Music by | Hualumpong Riddim |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Distributed by | Five Star Production (Thailand) |
| Release date(s) |  March 2, 2006 |
| Language | English, Japanese, Thai, Cantonese |
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Invisible Waves is a 2006 crime film by Thai director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang, with screenplay by Prabda Yoon, cinematography by Christopher Doyle, and starring Tadanobu Asano – all people that Pen-Ek had worked with on his previous film, Last Life in the Universe. It had its world premiere at the Berlin Film Festival and was also shown at the 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival. It will be shown at the 2006 Toronto International Film Festival. [1]
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[edit] Plot
Kyoji is a cook living in Macau. He works for a Thai restaurant in Hong Kong and has been having an affair with Seiko, the wife of his boss, Wiwat, who orders Kyoji to poison her. After the deed is done, Kyoji is ordered to leave Hong Kong. He consults with the mysterious Monk, who gives him money and advice to contact Lizard. Kyoji then boards a cruise ship, and is given a small, dreary cabin belowdecks, where nothing seems to work properly. In trying to find his way back topside, he gets lost. Finally, up on deck, he meets Noi. Noi has a baby named Nid, whom Kyoji finds hanging on the deck rail in a harness, where Noi left the child while she was swimming. Eventually, the ship reaches its destination, Phuket, Thailand, where real life-or-death adventures begin for Kyoji as he starts to put the pieces together about what he's done.
[edit] Cast
- Tadanobu Asano as Kyoji
- Maria Cordero as Maria
- Toon Hiranyasap as Wiwat
- Kang Hye-jeong as Noi
- Ken Mitsuishi as Lizard
- Eric Tsang as Monk
- Tomono Kuga as Seiko
[edit] Awards and nominations
- 2006 Berlin International Film Festival – world premiere, nominated for Golden Bear.
- 2006 Bangkok International Film Festival – in competition and opening film.
[edit] References
- ^ News release, 2006. TIFF Announces Best of International Film Festival Circuit, Toronto International Film Festival (retrieved August 18, 2006).
[edit] External links
- Official site
- Invisible Waves at the Internet Movie Database
- Review at Rotten Tomatoes (Warning for spoilers!)
| Pen-Ek Ratanaruang |
| Feature films |
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| Fun Bar Karaoke (1997) | Ruang Talok 69 (1999) | Monrak Transistor (2001) | Last Life in the Universe (2003) | Invisible Waves (2006) |
| Short films |
| Twelve Twenty (for the 2006 Jeonju International Film Festival) |
| Other related articles |
| Christopher Doyle | Cinema of Thailand | Nonzee Nimibutr | Prabda Yoon | Tadanobu Asano | Wisit Sasanatieng |
