Ten Nights of Dreams

Released Aug 22, 2008

1h 40m

Fantasy

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80%

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5 Reviews

48%

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250+ Ratings

Ten dream sequences range from wacky visions to unsettling nightmares.

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Jeff Shannon

Seattle Times

There's something in these Ten Nights for the dreamer in all of us.

Rated: 3/4

Sep 19, 2008

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Kevin Thomas

Los Angeles Times

The filmmakers don't solve any riddles but rather pose them in richly varied ways: Ten Nights of Dreams is in the grand, exquisite tradition of the Japanese cinema of the supernatural.

Rated: 4/5

Aug 22, 2008

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Bill White

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Followers of the new Japanese cinema will enjoy getting an early look at new styles by emerging talents, but these are essentially student films that are not likely to be embraced by the casual moviegoer.

Rated: C+

Sep 18, 2008

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Stan Hall

Oregonian

Looking for clear meaning and structured plots? Find another movie. If you're a fan of Asian-style cinematic wackiness, dig in.

Rated: B

Sep 5, 2008

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Ernest Hardy

L.A. Weekly

A sometimes terrifying, sometimes wildly amusing and occasionally flat interpretation of Soseki's tales by a who's who of Japanese filmmakers.

Aug 21, 2008

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Audience Member

Great idea! Some of these are 5-star segments, some disappear into the mass of ten variously opaque stories in a row. The first one - so beautiful. The last one - just perfect. Some in the middle stand out too, particularly one with a phone call and a car accident.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/23

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Audience Member

Very interesting but highly uneven in quality.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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Audience Member

A film I truly did not understand and maybe it was the whole dream concept and so you weren't meant to comprehend everything. It's a movie filled with inspiring, imaginative, interesting and sometimes whacky ideas, some better than others.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

01/25/23

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Audience Member

Great! Tenth dream was perhaps a bit too much for my taste, but the film is excellent nevertheless.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/18/23

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Audience Member

Amano's work was brilliant, however the choice of using spoken English made it awkward and lost its panache. The rest of the "dreams" were a hit or miss in relation to my movie taste. Not going to recommend it for everybody.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/24/23

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Audience Member

a few of these films were very, very interesting. all were well done, although Amano's bit was beautifully animated, it was spoken in English and it seemed out of place.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/20/23

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Yoshitaka Amano

Director

Kon Ichikawa

Director

Suzuki Matsuo

Director

Miwa Nishikawa

Director

Kyôko Koizumi

Actor

Suzuki Matsuo

Actor

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Synopsis

Ten dream sequences range from wacky visions to unsettling nightmares.

Director: Yoshitaka Amano, Kon Ichikawa, Suzuki Matsuo, Miwa Nishikawa
Screenwriter: Miwa Nishikawa, Takashi Shimizu, Keisuke Toyoshima, Nobuhiro Yamashita
Production Co: Nikkatsu Pictures, Nikkatsu
Genre: Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 22, 2008, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 22, 2016
Runtime: 1h 40m