Supported by: Japan Foundation, Kuala Lumpur
Scriptwriter: Sam Yen
Co-Directors: Fang Chyi and Kimmy Kiew
Dramaturg: Lim How Ngean
Executive Producer: Jimmy Ong
Producer: Yuen Kin Seng
Cast: Ben Tan, Corriene Adrienne, Janice Yap and Louisa Chong
Hideo Nakata shocked the whole of Japan with his 1998 film, Ringu. Then in 2002, Hollywood director Gore Verbinski remade the film, calling it The Ring. Chilling, gore-free and totally psychological, the film left its viewers cowering in fear from their TV sets. Far from being an original creation, the mysterious character that crawls out from the well, Yamamura Sadako (or Samara in Verbinski's film), is in fact based on a very traditional Japanese character from their folklore - Okiku.
tourniquet PRODUCTIONS will be staging its own version of this well-known story, bringing to life a piece of Japanese folklore that has heavily influenced much of today's contemporary J-Horror films.
OKIKU's story begins...
The year is 1682. The land known as Japan has been united by the Tokugawa Shogunate, destined to rule the islands for two centuries. Serving the ruling shogun Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, is Lord Aoyama Tessan, the most trusted of all the shogun samurai.
A priceless treasure of the shogun is ten bejewelled porcelain plates, placed in the care of the Aoyama household, a household that finds itself fascinated with its new servant, a young girl named Okiku. A series of events then leads to the mysterious disappearance of one of the plates, escalating the strained tensions and relationships in the Aoyama household to a tragic climax.
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