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The Guard from Underground

Original title: Jigoku no keibîn
  • 19921992
  • Not RatedNot Rated
  • 1h 36m
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5.7/10
357
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The Guard from Underground (1992)
CrimeDramaHorror
A woman begins working at the same company as a security guard that she believes might be a former sumo wrestling serial killer.A woman begins working at the same company as a security guard that she believes might be a former sumo wrestling serial killer.A woman begins working at the same company as a security guard that she believes might be a former sumo wrestling serial killer.
IMDb RATING
5.7/10
357
YOUR RATING
    • Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    • Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    • Kunihiko Tomioka
  • Stars
    • Makiko Kuno
    • Yutaka Matsushige
    • Hatsunori Hasegawa
    • Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    • Kiyoshi Kurosawa
    • Kunihiko Tomioka
  • Stars
    • Makiko Kuno
    • Yutaka Matsushige
    • Hatsunori Hasegawa
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 5User reviews
    • 16Critic reviews
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    Yutaka Matsushige and Hiroyuki Tanabe in The Guard from Underground (1992)
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    Makiko Kuno
    • Akiko Narushima
    Yutaka Matsushige
    Yutaka Matsushige
    • Fujimaru, Security Guard
    Hatsunori Hasegawa
    Hatsunori Hasegawa
    • Tetsurô Hyôdô
    Tarô Suwa
    Tarô Suwa
    • Minoru Yoshioka
    Kanta Ogata
    • Kei Nonomura
    Yoshiko Yura
    • Hanae Takada
    Ren Ôsugi
    Ren Ôsugi
    • Kôichi Kurume
    Hiroyuki Tanabe
    • Mamiya, Old Security Guard
    Takashi Naitô
    • Shirai, Security Guard
    Tomoko Ôtakara
    • Electrician
    Shirô Shimomoto
    • Taxi Driver
    Yoriko Dôguchi
    Yoriko Dôguchi
    • Hyôdô's Wife
    Yôichi Okamura
    • Detective
    Kensô Katô
    • First Office Worker Coming Out of the Elevator
    Yasuomi Yoshino
    • Office Worker #1
    Takeshi Mikami
    • Office Worker #2
    Naruto Takaoka
    • Office Worker #3
    Naofumi Miyatoya
    • Policeman #1
      • Kiyoshi Kurosawa
      • Kiyoshi Kurosawa
      • Kunihiko Tomioka
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    9/10
    A real Japanese B-movie
    The female main character, Akiko, works in a corporation for a Department 12 that apparently doesn't officially exists. She's a newcomer to the company, an art historian it seems. The story takes place in the building where Akiko is working. The building, even though there are people working there just like in any other company, has a very empty and desolate feel to it, which really sets the mood.

    She is stalked by an huge-murderer-sumo-wrestler-declared-insane, working as the new security guard in the same building on the same day as Akiko.

    The whole Department 12 thing is a funny affair. The newly formed Department itself is not really recognized as an official department of the company. The people that work there don't really seem to...belong the company. Neither do the head security guard and the new recruit.

    Nothing really exciting happens until halfway into the movie. Until then it's mostly chilling suspense. The last 25 minutes or so really remind me of the ending in Night of the Demon (1980), albeit more stretched out of course. There's a scene with a locker that was so brutal and original I had to watch it twice. And I don't do that often. That scene was easily THE best scene in the movie.

    A real Japanese B-movie. I loved the cheap, low-budget feel and atmosphere. The camera angles were just how I like them. The suspense was great. Soundtrack is just right. It's a cheap flick, but I happen to like a good ol' cheap flick as much as (and sometimes more than) high-budget films.

    As a (huge) bonus, the girl playing Akiko was very cute. 9*
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    • May 27, 2012

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      • June 13, 1992 (Japan)
      • Japan
      • Japanese
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      • Directors Company
      • Nichiei Agency
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    • 1 hour 36 minutes
      • Color
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