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Gemini

Original title: Sôseiji
  • 19991999
  • 1h 24m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.6K
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Gemini (1999)
  • Drama
  • Fantasy
  • Horror
A successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is... Read allA successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio's wife.A successful doctor, Yukio's picture perfect life is gradually wrecked, and taken over by his avenging twin brother, who bumps off his family members one by one and reclaims his lover who is now Yukio's wife.
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
2.6K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Shin'ya Tsukamoto
  • Writers
    • Shin'ya Tsukamoto(screenplay)
    • Rampo Edogawa(short story "Sôseiji: Aru shikeishû ga kyôkaishi ni uchiaketa hanashi")
  • Stars
    • Masahiro Motoki
    • Ryô
    • Yasutaka Tsutsui
Top credits
  • Director
    • Shin'ya Tsukamoto
  • Writers
    • Shin'ya Tsukamoto(screenplay)
    • Rampo Edogawa(short story "Sôseiji: Aru shikeishû ga kyôkaishi ni uchiaketa hanashi")
  • Stars
    • Masahiro Motoki
    • Ryô
    • Yasutaka Tsutsui
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    • 20User reviews
    • 34Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 4 nominations

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    Masahiro Motoki
    Masahiro Motoki
    • Yukio Daitokujias Yukio Daitokuji…
    Ryô
    Ryô
    • Rinas Rin
    Yasutaka Tsutsui
    • Yukio's Fatheras Yukio's Father
    Masako Motai
    Masako Motai
    • Shigeas Shige
    Renji Ishibashi
    Renji Ishibashi
    • Beggar Monkas Beggar Monk
    Akaji Maro
    Akaji Maro
    • Kakubêas Kakubê
    Tomorô Taguchi
    Tomorô Taguchi
    • Middle-aged Patientas Middle-aged Patient
    Jun Murakami
    Jun Murakami
    • Young Patientas Young Patient
    Yukito Mizoguchi
    • Childas Child
    Eri Yu
      Hisako Ôkata
      • Taki'eas Taki'e
      Yuriko Hirooka
      • Toshikoas Toshiko
      Yuki Inomata
      • Suzuas Suzu
      Sujin Kim
      • Detectiveas Detective
      Hiromi Kuronuma
      Takahiro Murase
      Hikaru Yoshikawa
      • Patrol Officeras Patrol Officer
      Bin Moritsuka
      • Director
        • Shin'ya Tsukamoto
      • Writers
        • Shin'ya Tsukamoto(screenplay)
        • Rampo Edogawa(short story "Sôseiji: Aru shikeishû ga kyôkaishi ni uchiaketa hanashi")
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      • Trivia
        A full-sized water well set with removable sections was constructed entirely above ground, for filming inside and from the "into" and "upward" perspective angles. It was about 60-70 feet tall.
      • Connections
        Featured in Tsukamoto Shin'ya ga Ranpo suru (2000)
      • Soundtracks
        Suisiei no kaiken
        Music by Teiichi Okano

        Lyrics by Nobutsuna Sasaki

      User reviews20

      Review
      Top review
      9/10
      Story of a doctor and his wife is one of the creepiest films I've seen in years. Its a perfect marriage of sound and image for maximum uneasy effect
      Shinya Tsukamoto, the man behind the Tetsuo films, Snake of June and Tokyo Fist takes on Edogawa Rampo story and turns in one of the most perfect marriages of sound and image I've ever run across not to mention one of the creepiest films I've seen in a very very long time.

      Yukio is a famous doctor who won fame treating the war wounded. He is much in demand by the wealthy and so has little time for the poor in a nearby slum where the plague has been running rampant. Yukio is also recently married to a young woman he met by the riverside and who is suffering from amnesia.Soon a dark figure is lurking about and after Yukio's father dies under mysterious and unnatural circumstances things begin to take a turn for the worse.

      What can I say? This is a creepy little thriller that will haunt you and keep you feeling off balance. Every shot seems to have been perfectly designed for maximum beauty. The soundtrack is a wonderful mixture of sound and music calculated to give the sense of things being not right. The effect of the sound plus the image is a sense of dread and unease even when there is nothing out of the ordinary in the frame, few thrillers or horror films have ever been able to make you feel so off by doing so little.

      Adding to it all is the plot which I'm told takes the Rampo story as a jumping off point and then spins it out with new complications. Give it big points for its ability to keep you guessing as to what is going on even if you know whats going on. Having read on the film I knew what was happening and yet I still had to entertain numerous other possibilities. This movie masterfully makes you wonder about what is real and what is not.

      I really liked this movie great deal. I don't know if its fully on its own terms or simply that its not another Japanese or Asian horror film with a long hair female ghost lurking about, honestly I don't care because the film is just so damn good it wouldn't really matter anyway.

      See this movie.
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      • Aug 20, 2006

      Details

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      • Release date
        • September 15, 1999 (Japan)
      • Country of origin
        • Japan
      • Language
        • Japanese
      • Also known as
        • Sôseiji
      • Production companies
        • Sedic
        • Marubeni
        • Kaijyu Theater
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      Technical specs

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      • Runtime
        1 hour 24 minutes
      • Color
        • Color
      • Sound mix
        • Dolby SR
      • Aspect ratio
        • 1.85 : 1

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