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starfish21 wrote:no caps because i don`t want to watch this

Rich wrote:Yami no kodomotachi (2008) [Children of the Dark]

Then I was invited to see an early cut of the film at Imagica in November. I can say that whatever form the final cut takes, it is a rough and unblinking depiction of the sexual and medical exploitation of Thai children -- it shows as much as can be shown within legal limits. What I admired about it is that it painfully captures the guilt on all sides in social problems such as this. The fact that Yang Seok-il's book (see right), which the film is partially based on, contains even more disturbing truths is hard to stomach. No wonder Sakamoto wanted to go back to genre filmmaking with Fujiwara Tatsuya-starrer Chameleon.

A couple of major festivals unfortunately decided to pass on Children of the Dark (weren't brave enough to program it?), but I think aside from its domestic run it'll eventually garner the overseas attention it deserves. Whatever critics and audiences think of Children of the Dark, it'll get people talking and hopefully help give a voice to some of these kids.

http://jasongray.blogspot.com/2008/03/c ... 5945520000

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/ ... 801a2.html

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1221151/

Can't find many images / screens anywhere

Thanks