Fantastic Fest 2010

In order to regain custody of her daughter, Mona sets off on a surreal journey that will take her to the shadowy world of sexual slavery in Bibliotheque Pascal, the strangest brothel you could ever conceive.

Using cutting-edge visuals and heart-pounding fight choreography, BUNRAKU combines comic-books, spaghetti westerns, samurai films, video-games, and more into a stunning glimpse at an alternate future. In a world without guns, a mysterious drifter (Josh Hartnett) walks into a strange town terrorized by the ruthless Nicola (Ron Perlman) and his army of thugs, headed by nine deadly assassins including the vicious Killer #2 (Kevin McKidd). The drifter is forced to trust a young samurai (Japanese superstar GACKT) looking to restore his family's honor, and the local bartender (Woody Harrelson) who has been secretly awaiting a dream team to help overthrow Nicola’s tyrannical regime.

Born disfigured with a heart-shaped birthmark pulling across one side of his face, Jamie is regularly taunted and has lived a life of loneliness. No question, Jamie’s world is every bit as ugly as he is. And soon, with a sudden burst of violence, it will get much uglier.

Woochi is a cocky but undisciplined wizard who stops at nothing to become a powerful sorcerer. But when he’s summoned into modern times to thwart the villains that have escaped to the future, he’s a little more interested in sight-seeing and womanizing than battling evil.