Nightmare Detective (2006)
"Akumu tantei" (original title)

Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a ... See full summary »

Director:

Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Writers:

Hisakatsu Kuroki, Shin'ya Tsukamoto

Stars:

Ryûhei Matsuda, Hitomi, Masanobu Andô

2 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Ryûhei Matsuda	...	Kyoichi Kagenuma
Hitomi	...	Keiko Kirishima
Masanobu Andô	...	Detective Wakamiya
Ren Ohsugi	...	Detective Sekiya
Yoshio Harada	...	Keizo Oishi
Shin'ya Tsukamoto	...	'0'
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Nobuteru Akimoto
Shinya Amamitsu
Kenichi Arai
Masayoshi Deguchi
Eri Fuse
Keichirô Hasegawa
Kimie Hayama
Takumi Hirano
Seriyu Ichino

Storyline

Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends suicide while talking on a cell-phone with a stranger he meets on line who plans a simultaneous suicide. Events take a horrifying turn. Keiko Kirishima is a cool, seemingly emotionless police detective, brilliant but off-putting. She's faced with two mutilated corpses who appear to have killed themselves, but she's not sure. A cell-phone number links the deaths. She calls on Akumu Tantei, a poor and suicidal young man who has the ability to enter people's dreams. He's reluctant to help. His past haunts him. A subconscious duel of terror and blood awaits the three.

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Plot Keywords:

detective | police | suicide | suicidal | cell phone | 

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Genres:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

13 January 2007 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Nightmare Detective

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Kaijyu Theater, Movie-Eye Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

106 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Nightmare Detective 2 (2008)

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Soundtracks

"Gymnopédie No.3"
(uncredited)
Music by Erik Satie

User Reviews

Not one of Tsukamoto's best, but still very good

Shinya Tsukamoto directs and plays the bad guy in this supernatural thriller, and even though I liked it pretty much, it doesn't stand up well against his other classics. People are dying horrible bloody suicides which seem connected to a recent cell phone conversation they had with a person identified as "O". A beautiful female detective takes over the case, and meets up with a guy that has the ability to enter other people's dreams. Not a novel or original story idea by Tsukamoto, but it's still pretty interesting. When the lady detective makes a call to "O" which dooms her, she calls upon the nightmare detective to enter her dreams and save her. I see a sequel to this movie is in post production, and I hope it's better than the original. Seems kind of funny to me that Tsukamoto is making a sequel to this one, but who knows? From any other director on this subject matter, the movie would probably be a flop, but being Tsukamoto, he adds enough suspense and some gory suicides to make it interesting.