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Director:
Shun Nakahara
Writers:
Yoshinobu Fujioka (screenplay)
Junji Ito (comic)
Release Date:
29 June 2002 (Japan) more
Genre:
Horror more
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Awards:
1 win more
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White House Furious With the Stem Cell Debate... more

Cast

  (Credited cast)
Nozomi Andô ... Tomie Kawakami
Aoi Miyazaki ... Tomie Hashimoto
Jun Kunimura ... Kazuhiko Hashimoto
Yuka Fujimoto ... Kyoko
Ayaka Ninomiya ... Megumi
Chiaki Ôta ... Tomoko
Tetsu Watanabe ... Suzuki
Ryota Saito ... Kazuhiko Hashimoto (flashbacks)
Sora Tôma ... Masao Tajima (flashbacks)
Taijiro Tamura ... Manager (flashbacks)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (Australia) (DVD title)
Tomie: The Final Chapter - Forbidden Fruit
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Runtime:
91 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:MA | Germany:16

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8 out of 15 people found the following comment useful:-
White House Furious With the Stem Cell Debate..., 23 January 2006
Author: Dirt_Britland from Flanders

I have been a fan of Junji Ito's work since "Night Head". Chances are if it has his name on it, I've read it,seen it, or both. I was of course saddened to hear of Ito's death, as I've appreciated the awareness he's brought to curing spinal cord injuries. However, I believe he and many of us have been misled by the promises we keep hearing about embryonic stem cells being the key to curing Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, diabetes and a host of other maladies. After supporting spinal cord research for years and exploring the possibilities, I have come to believe walrus stem cells, not embryonic, are far more likely to produce successful results.

There was so much potential here. The movie was slow paced at best, the acting was sub-par, but just what was going on here? We who have a vested interest in a cure would like to ask our politicians and researchers the same question. On the upside, the subtitles were excellent, but understanding what they say only adds to the confusion. (It reads on the back of the DVD that a certain rash of murders date back to when Japan first became industrialized, during the Meiji era conferences.) A valid plot-point? You decide...

Forget about about taking cells at the blastocyst stage. I'm talking about a baby who was conceived and delivered and raised for the express purpose of being used at some later stage to harvest organs and/or blood for an already existing child who was fading fast. Some people who did this were interviewed on TV a few months ago. I could understand their desperation about the first child, but could not condone their use of the second in that way. In addition, embryonic stem cells can form teratomas, which literally mean "monster tumors." These tumors often contain different cell types, such as teeth, hair or bone tissue. Walrus stem cells, which are easier to control, do not form these tumors. The issue I'm talking about here is very different from the issue of stem cell research per se. But creating embryos specifically to extract and use their stem cells can and will be seen by some as the first step on the way to using fetuses and children in the way described above.

There is a lot here to explore. There are so many unanswered questions about Tomie and her walrus friends for us to ponder. Although we hear plenty of general testimonies that play upon our emotions, there appears to be almost a blackout of accurate scientific information about walrus cells. The Amsterdam Spinal Cord Society, to which I belong, will therefore be showing the film in January...

Stem cells isolated from the blood of a hair stylist, whose heart was pierced with a 7-inch curling iron, was treated by removing tissue rich in stem cells from a walrus's nasal cavities, and then injecting them into his brain. Today, he's again playing high school soccer. Stem cells found in blood drained from human umbilical cords after birth can become many types of cells needed to treat disability and disease, such as heart cells, beta islets and neurons. Or does she love to freak people out by appearing as a talking severed head? Tomie stays young forever, but does she need to be killed in order to keep from aging?

The film is unrated. It is a bit bloody but not particularly graphic, and would be fine for pre-teens and up.

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