禁忌2

　　タイトル : 昭和残侠伝: 唐獅子牡丹（期間限定生産）（生産完了）　　出演 : 高倉健／三田佳子／津川雅彦／池部良／芦田伸介／菅原謙二　　監督 : 佐伯清　　不始末をしでかした弟分を助けるために、花田秀次郎は左右田組の組頭の要求を飲み、榊組の組頭を手にかけた。法の裁きを受け服役した秀次郎は、3年後に出所を果たす。だがそこで秀次郎が目にしたのは、秀次郎の手によって組頭を失い、瀕死の状態に追いやられてしまった榊組の姿だった。左右田組の執拗な攻撃に耐えて組を守る未亡人の姿に心を打たれた秀次郎は、みずからの負い目もあって、榊組を助けることにするのだが…。　　高倉健の代表作の一つである「昭和残侠伝」シリーズの2作目。渡世の義理ゆえに、心ならずも斬り倒した相手の未亡人に捧げる愛情と、敵対しつつも育まれていく男の友情を描いている。監督はシリーズの大半を手がけてきた佐伯清。若き日の高倉健が、渡世に生きるやくざを凄みたっぷりに演じている。榊組の美しき未亡人に扮するのは三田佳子。

　　The nightmare was about a demonic possession. A long time ago, there was an evil in a small town and it was jealous of the girl and would never let her go, since the devil loved the girl. One night, the evil raped the girl and she became pregnant. After months the girl could not hide her baby, her father figured her secret out and clapped the girl in irons and locked her room door. But the evil put the gun to her father' temple and saved the girl. The father had a stroke and had been sleeping on the bed for three months and died. Time went on and the girl brought a child into the world. Naturally, people who were living in the village heard the story and they did not want to see neither the girl nor the baby since when the baby was born, plants dried in the field, fishes lost in the lake and people had prayed to the god for rain, but nothing changed in the village. People got so angry, dug a hole in front of the fountain, put her into the hole and threw stones at her face. The girl died soon after. The evil went off the deep end, took a revenge of the village and killed everyone except two sisters because the evil wanted them to take care of its baby...

　　侦探雷·阿切尔(阿尔·帕西诺饰)和他的搭档威尔(卡尔·厄本饰)联手追捕城市中最臭名昭著的连环杀手。而这名令人闻风丧胆的连环杀手实则用“Hangman ”(上吊的人)的猜词游戏犯案。

　　The main character is Dr. Max Holst, a successful neurosurgeon. One day an intense little man named Steinmetz shows up, who has the real ability to create objects out of thin air, using only his mind. As no one believes him at first, he is held at a ward for mental patients, but manifests the key to his door and escapes. As he has a special interest in Dr. Holst, Steinmetz subsequently invites Holst to his large mansion, which is full of expensive paintings and sculptures, and proves to him that he can in fact materialise objects. Steinmetz’s abilities are evolving by leaps and bounds, and is progressing from being able to create objects only to being able to create living things. His ultimate ambition is to be able to create a human being. He tells Dr. Holst that if he will only perform a certain brain operation on him, Steinmetz will become able to attain his goal. He’s got all the necessary equipment set up in his basement. Dr. Holst, however, is too spooked by the whole thing to agree to this mad scheme, and refuses. Steinmetz then sets about manipulating Holst’s life, to pressure him into performing the operation. By then Steinmetz has become able to create a temporary human being, and in the hope that he can perhaps make his own creation perform the operation, he manifests a doppelganger of Dr. Holst. This double proceeds to take over Dr. Holst’s life, creating chaos for him professionally and personally. And then Dr. Holst starts fighting back. The ending has the dual virtue of being both unexpected and satisfying.