Some of his films have also been banned in England, Norway, Germany and Malaysia.
Directors were promised creative freedom over their episode.
It was supposed to be the final episode of the shows first season.
“Imprint” was Takashi Miike’s contribution to the Masters of Horror anthology which was cut from the show for being too gnarly.
However, after viewing the episode, Showtime pulled it, and it never aired.
Imprintis based on the story Bokkee Kyotee by Shimako Iwai.
The tale is so horrifying it was deemedtoo offensiveto air.
Everyone kept telling me that Americas a free country and that I could really do whatever I wanted.
Its cable TV, so dont hold back at all and make it as scary as possible.
This is way too far.
It was the onlyMaster of Horrorepisode that was cut from the show for being too disturbing.
Miike maintains thatImprintis the scariest project he has ever worked on.
Horror fans can find the episode onYouTubeand viaDVDand decide for themselves.
