Let's all thank the Lord that Takashi Miike found work as a film director - cuz none of us would want a mind this twisted loose on the streets. MPD-Psycho (Multiple-Personality-Detective) are two episodes from the Manga by Otsuka Eiji and Tajima Sho-u that follow the fortunes of Amamiya (or is it Kobayshi?), a police detective with multiple personality syndrome. Missing wives, mysterious cults and some very sick individuals combine to make these films two of the most disturbing, surreal and fant
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MPD-PSYCHO SERIES 1 PARTS 3 AND 4 (2000)
Certification18 Our Rating
More weird and truly wonderful madness from Takashi Miike and his Multiple Personality Detective. In episodes 3 and 4 we learn a little bit more about Nishizono, the arch criminal who can transfer his soul/self into others with the slightest touch, the sinister cult of Lucy Monostone and the growing number of genetically altered bar-coders, and what all this has to do with Amamiya/Kobyashi, the troubled detective of the title . That said MPD-Psycho still remains elusive and resistive to explanat
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MPD-PSYCHO SERIES 1 PARTS 5 AND 6 (2000)
Certification18 Our Rating
At last all is revealed, although you'll probably still be none the wiser. Miike Takashi's live action Manga comes to a close with the mulitple-personality-detective finally getting to grips with Nishizono and the cult of Lucy Monostone. Weird, wonderful and utterly incomprehensible - genius!
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