Tomie (1999)

User Rating:

5.1/10   

Director:

Ataru Oikawa

Writers:

Junji Ito (comic)
Ataru Oikawa (writer)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Tomie will not die!

Plot:

Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Memory | Based On Comic | White Brassiere | Photographer

Cast

Miho Kanno	...	Tomie Kawakami
Mami Nakamura	...	Tsukiko Izumisawa
Yoriko Douguchi	...	Dr. Hosono
Tomorowo Taguchi	...	Detective Harada
Kouta Kusano	...	Yuuichi Saiga
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Kae Minami
Kenji Mizuhashi	...	Yamamoto
Rumi	...	Kaori
Ikko Suzuki		(as Ikkô Suzuki)

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | New Zealand:R16

Company:

Daiei Studios

Movie Connections:

Followed by Tomie: Replay (2000)

Wonderful Japanese movie

I saw this movie in FYE and it kinda grabbed me. At the time I was really getting into Japanese horror, so the fact I knew nothing about it didn't stop me as that's what it was. So I bought it and immediately watched it when I got home. And I ended being very pleased. You see this isn't your average Japanese horror movie. This isn't about a dead girl coming back with her long black hair covering her face to appear creepy. Nope, this one's about the girl who will never die! Now granted it was a little slow, and after reading the manga it doesn't really seem to follow the story very well. But I still enjoyed it, as it did have a good story, and a few good murders as well. The reason I only give it an 8 is because, well, I think most of the sequels are better.