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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/three_extremes_ver3_7744.jpg]]'''''Three... Extremes''''' is an AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Fruit Chan (HongKong), Creator/ParkChanWook (SouthKorea) and TakashiMiike (UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}).

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''Three... Extremes''
is an AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Fruit Chan (HongKong), Creator/ParkChanWook (SouthKorea) and TakashiMiike (UsefulNotes/{{Japan}}).
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** [[spoiler: She later has another emotional breakdown in the bathtub, crying over what she has become after seeing her young and innocent self on tv. Again, [[IgnoredEpiphany she goes back for more.]] ]]

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* AffablyEvil: Mei may be a morally bankrupt BackAlleyDoctor who [[spoiler: sells aborted fetuses as food.]] But she's a very energetic and smooth-talking saleswoman who relates to her clients. She even sings for you!

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* AffablyEvil: Mei may be a morally bankrupt BackAlleyDoctor who [[spoiler: sells aborted fetuses as food.]] But food and performs fatal abortions without her client's full knowledge,]] but she's a very energetic and smooth-talking saleswoman who relates to her clients. She even sings for you!


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* GenkiGirl: Mei is an AffablyEvil version of this. Retaining her youthful energy and charm while doing heinous deeds.

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* AffablyEvil: Mei may be a morally bankrupt BackAlleyDoctor who [[spoiler: sells aborted fetuses as food.]] But she's a very energetic and smooth-talking saleswoman who relates to her clients.

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* AffablyEvil: Mei may be a morally bankrupt BackAlleyDoctor who [[spoiler: sells aborted fetuses as food.]] But she's a very energetic and smooth-talking saleswoman who relates to her clients. She even sings for you!


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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler: Mrs. Li runs away in shock and horror and nearly vomits after witnessing the reality of the dumplings first hand. [[IgnoredEpiphany She returns for more later though.]]. ]]
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* AffablyEvil: Mei may be a morally bankrupt BackAlleyDoctor who [[spoiler: sells aborted fetuses as food.]] But she's a very energetic and smooth-talking saleswoman who relates to her clients.

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* InfantImmortality - Horrorically averted.

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* BlackComedy
* BodyHorror - The fingers. Eek.
* {{Fingore}} - Yep.
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* AndIMustScream
* AllJustADream - Apparently.
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* DyingDream - Another potential interpretation.
* MindScrew - An understatement.

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* AlternateEnding[=/=]{{Recut}} - The extended cut has additional subplots and a different ending not present in the original short.

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* AlternateEnding[=/=]{{Recut}} - The extended cut has additional subplots and a different ending not present in the original short. [[spoiler:Anything regarding Mrs. Li's pregnancy is removed in the extended cut.]]
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* ShowWithinAShow - We see a vampire film by the Director, foreshadowing Park's next film ''{{Thirst}}''.

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* ShowWithinAShow - We see a vampire film by the Director, foreshadowing Park's next film ''{{Thirst}}''.
''Film/{{Thirst}}''.
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* [[spoiler:AllJustADream]] - Apparently.

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* [[spoiler:AllJustADream]] AllJustADream - Apparently.



* [[spoiler:ConjoinedTwins]] - What the sisters are.

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* [[spoiler:DyingDream]] - Another potential interpretation.

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* [[spoiler:DyingDream]] DyingDream - Another potential interpretation.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/three_extremes_ver3_7744.jpg]]'''''Three... Extremes''''' is an AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Fruit Chan (HongKong), Creator/ParkChanWook (SouthKorea) and TakashiMiike ({{Japan}}).

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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/three_extremes_ver3_7744.jpg]]'''''Three... Extremes''''' is an AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Fruit Chan (HongKong), Creator/ParkChanWook (SouthKorea) and TakashiMiike ({{Japan}}).
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* BloodFromTheMouth: During the blood bath.
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* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe - More or less the reason the Extra targeted the Director.
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* TheDanza - Kyoko Hasegawa plays Kyoko.
* [[spoiler:DyingDream]] - Another potential interpretation.

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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/three_extremes_ver3_7744.jpg]]'''''Three... Extremes''''' is an AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Fruit Chan (HongKong), ParkChanWook (SouthKorea) and TakashiMiike ({{Japan}}).

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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/three_extremes_ver3_7744.jpg]]'''''Three... Extremes''''' is an AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Fruit Chan (HongKong), ParkChanWook Creator/ParkChanWook (SouthKorea) and TakashiMiike ({{Japan}}).




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A successful film director and his wife are kidnapped by an extra, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife's fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes. Directed by ParkChanWook.

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A successful film director and his wife are kidnapped by an extra, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife's fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes. Directed by ParkChanWook.
Creator/ParkChanWook.



* RuleOfSymbolism - Lots of imagery that's open to more than one interpretation.

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* RuleOfSymbolism - Lots of imagery that's open to more than one interpretation.interpretation.
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* InfantImmortality - Averted.

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* InfantImmortality - Averted.Horrorically averted.
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* BodyHorror
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It was predated by the earlier anthology ''Three''; the film's international release came ''after'' this one and was thus called ''Three... Extremes 2''.

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It was predated by the earlier anthology ''Three''; ''Film/{{Three}}''; the film's international release came ''after'' this one and was thus called ''Three... ''3 Extremes 2''.
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It was predated by the earlier anthology ''Film/{{Three}}''; the film's international release came ''after'' this one and was thus called ''Three... Extremes 2''.

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It was predated by the earlier anthology ''Film/{{Three}}''; ''Three''; the film's international release came ''after'' this one and was thus called ''Three... Extremes 2''.
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* CircusBrat - The sisters grew up working at the circus.
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* {{Fingore}} - Yep.
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* MindScrew - An understatement.
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It was predated by the earlier anthology ''Film/{{Three}}''; the film's international release came ''after'' this one and was thus called ''Three... Extremes 2''.

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* MoodWhiplash - The film goes from horror to absurd comedy.



* RuleOfSymbolism - Lots of imagery that's open to more than one interpretation.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible - Definitely one of Miike's more surreal films.

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* RuleOfSymbolism - Lots of imagery that's open to more than one interpretation.
* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible - Definitely one of Miike's more surreal films.
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* AlternateEnding[=/=]{{Recut}} - The extended cut has additional subplots and a different ending not present in the original short.
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* AbsurdlyHighStakesGame
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* BlackComedy


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* AndIMustScream


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* RuleOfSymbolism - Lots of imagery that's open to more than one interpretation.

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* BackAlleyDoctor - Mei performs black market abortions.
* FountainOfYouth - Eating the dumplings helps one retain a youthful appearance. [[spoiler: Mei looks thirty, but is in fact sixty-four years old.]]




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* InfantImmortality - Averted.
* ParentalIncest - A girl gets an abortion because of this.



* BodyHorror - The fingers. Eek.
* LifeOrLimbDecision
* SadisticChoice - [[spoiler:The Director is told to strangle a child to save his wife. In the end, the now-insane Director ends up strangling his wife, thinking that he is strangling the child to save her.]]



* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible

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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible - Definitely one of Miike's more surreal films.
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* TrueArtIsIncomprehensible
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* ShowWithinAShow - We see a vampire film by the Director, foreshadowing Park's next film ''Film/{{Thirst}}''.

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* ShowWithinAShow - We see a vampire film by the Director, foreshadowing Park's next film ''Film/{{Thirst}}''.
''{{Thirst}}''.
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[[quoteright:350:http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/three_extremes_ver3_7744.jpg]]'''''Three... Extremes''''' is an AnthologyFilm directed by three Asian filmmakers from different countries; Fruit Chan (HongKong), ParkChanWook (SouthKorea) and TakashiMiike ({{Japan}}).

!! Dumplings

An aging actress wishing to reclaim her youth goes to a woman who makes dumplings that supposedly have regenerative properties; however, they contain a gruesome secret ingredient. Directed by Fruit Chan. Was later released on its own in an extended cut.

* ImAHumanitarian - The dumplings are made from [[spoiler:aborted fetuses]].

!! Cut

A successful film director and his wife are kidnapped by an extra, who forces the director to play his sadistic games. If he fails, his wife's fingers will be chopped off one by one every five minutes. Directed by ParkChanWook.

* AxeCrazy - The Stranger.
* ShowWithinAShow - We see a vampire film by the Director, foreshadowing Park's next film ''Film/{{Thirst}}''.

!! Box

A soft spoken young woman has a bizarre recurring nightmare about being buried in a box in the snow. Searching for her long lost sister, she realizes her dreams and reality may possibly be connected. Directed by TakashiMiike.

* [[spoiler:AllJustADream]] - Apparently.
* BuriedAlive
* [[spoiler:ConjoinedTwins]] - What the sisters are.

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