Tomie: Replay (2000)

A young girl looking through her father's notes finds something written about the last experiment he worked on before he went insane. Everything in his notebook looks ordinary until near ... See full summary »

Director:

Tomijiro Mitsuishi

Writers:

Junji Ito (comic), Satoru Tamaki

Stars:

Sayaka Yamaguchi, Yôsuke Kubozuka, Ken'ichi Endô

Cast

Credited cast:
Sayaka Yamaguchi	...	Yumi Morita
Yôsuke Kubozuka	...	Fumihito Sato
Ken'ichi Endô	...	Dr. Tachibana
Makoto Togashi	...	Atsuko Kinoshita
Moro Morooka	...	Sayuri's Father
Yoshiko Yura	...	Sayuri's Mother
Kumija Kim	...	Yoko Morita (as Kumiko Kane)
Shun Sugata	...	Kenzô Morita
Masatoshi Matsuo	...	Takeshi
Mai Hosho	...	Tomie Kawakami
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wakako Aoi
Hiromi Kanaya
Akiko Kimura
Kadu Koide	...	Receptionist
Shiori Kuroda

Storyline

A young girl looking through her father's notes finds something written about the last experiment he worked on before he went insane. Everything in his notebook looks ordinary until near the last page, at which point his handwriting deteriorates and the name "Tomie" is mentioned several times. From that point forward his notes are written in what looks like blood. At the same time, another young girl escapes from a hospital. Who is she, and what does she have planned?

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Plot Keywords:

set on fire | beating | diary | school uniform | based on comic | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

11 February 2000 (Japan)

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Tomie: Saishuu-shô - kindan no kajitsu (2002)

User Reviews

It keeps on getting weirder...

TOMIE: REPLAY is the third instalment of this manga-based series about a girl who keeps coming back from the dead. The first film, TOMIE, was very much a unique, weird movie with an atmosphere all its own, while the lamentable shot-on-video sequel, TOMIE: ANOTHER FACE, isn't even worth mentioning. The good news is that TOMIE: REPLAY is on much stronger ground, similar in many aspects to the first film but with a more involved storyline.

The horror in this film is far more visceral, with plenty of disturbing imagery. There are body parts galore, as well as scenes of violent murder and just plain weird stuff going on (the opening sequence, in which doctors performing a Caesarian discover a woman's head instead of a baby, is difficult to forget). There are more cast members here, from mad doctors to dedicated daughters and the usual rote of young menfolk who find themselves obsessed with the spectral Tomie.

The pacing is slow and the tone subdued for the most part, and if you're looking for well-developed ghost sequences a la RING or THE GRUDGE, then you've come to the wrong place. If, however, you're in the mood for a one-of-a-kind cult oddity then the Tomie series might just be for you.