Three... Extremes

Infobox Film
name = Three... Extremes

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caption = "Three... Extremes" Promotional Movie Poster
director = Fruit Chan
Chan-wook Park
Takashi Miike
producer = Ahn Soo-Hyun Peter Ho-Sun Chan Fumio Inoue Naoki Sato Shun Shimizu
writer = Dumplings:
Lilian Lee
Cut:
Chan-wook Park
Box:
Bun Saikou
Haruko Fukushima
starring =
music = Chan Kwong-wing Koji Endo Peach Present
cinematography = Chung Chung-Hoon Christopher Doyle Koichi Kawakami
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released = 2004
runtime =
country = Hong Kong
Japan
South Korea
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preceded_by = Three
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amg_id = 1:314252
imdb_id = 0420251Infobox movie certificates
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Canada (Alberta) = R
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Canada (Ontario) = 18A
Canada (Manitoba) = 18A
Canada (Maritime) = R
Canada (Quebec) = 16+
Canada (Home Video) = R
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France = -16
Germany = 18
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Hong_Kong = III
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Italy = VM18
Japan = R-15
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New_Zealand = R18
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United_States = R
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"Three... Extremes" (zh-t|t=三更2 "Saam gaang yi") is a 2004 international Asian horror film collaboration consisting of three segments by three directors from three countries. It is a sequel to, and follows the concept of "Three" (2002), this time with more established directors. The three segments are, in the following order:
* "Dumplings", directed by Fruit Chan (Hong Kong)
* "Cut", directed by Park Chan-wook (South Korea)
* "Box", directed by Takashi Miike (Japan)

Fruit Chan later released "Dumplings", a 90 minute version of his segment.

Plot

*"Dumplings" - An aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties. However, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient.
*"Cut" - A successful film director and his wife are kidnapped by an extra, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife's fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes.
*"Box" - A soft spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected.

Dumplings Theatrical

"Dumplings" was extended and turned into a full length theatrical film that was released into British cinemas by Tartan Films in the spring of 2006.

Box Office

The film was released on November 17, 2005 in 19 North American theaters. Despite positive reviews by critics such as Roger Ebert [http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051027/REVIEWS/51026001/1023] , it grossed a disappointing $36,414 ($1,916 per screen) in its opening weekend, and its final gross stands at a modest $77,532.

ee also

*J-Horror
*K-Horror

External links

*imdb title|id=0420251|title=Three... Extremes