Gusha no bindume (2004)

One elevator, one girl who can read minds and one floor where the elevator should have never stopped: the ideal ingredients for a classic piece of weird horror. In the claustrophobic space ... See full summary »

Director:

Hiroki Yamaguchi

Writer:

Hiroki Yamaguchi (screenplay)

Stars:

Luchino Fujisaki, Yoshiichi Kawada, Ryôsuke Koshiba

Cast

Credited cast:
Luchino Fujisaki	...	Luchino Fujisaki (as Rukino Fujisaki)
Yoshiichi Kawada	...	Icumavon Inagaki
Ryôsuke Koshiba	...	Calsuchemof Mitarai
Kae Minami	...	Alamocia Nakaji
Yuuka Nakabô	...	Miyako Ololonga Tanaka
Ikuma Saisho	...	Viblio Sawatsukumori
Yuuna Sotohara	...	Calvona Shimokitazawa
Toshiko Sunamura	...	Fimarli Shimokitazawa
Yuuko Takarada	...	Ninalada Mochiduki
Masato Tsujioka	...	Nocosh Utsunomiya
Hisashi Ueno	...	Dolid Okita
Keisuke Urushizaki	...	Zitacock Obitani
Takahiko Watanabe	...	Tolioros Takayama
Kôji Yokokawa	...	Calpico Teranouchi

Storyline

One elevator, one girl who can read minds and one floor where the elevator should have never stopped: the ideal ingredients for a classic piece of weird horror. In the claustrophobic space of the elevator, a bunch of screwed up psychos who board halfway through produce absolute madness and mayhem on every square inch.

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Plot Keywords:

elevator | girl | television static | murder | unfaithfulness | 

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Genres:

Horror | Sci-Fi

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

28 February 2004 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Gusher No Binds Me

Filming Locations:

Kasukabe City, Saitama, Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aries, Only Hearts Company, WEVCO Produce Company

Technical Specs

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References Abwärts (1984)

User Reviews

Japanese Brasil?

This is clearly a low budget movie and its script, with just three sets and a handful of people, is more like that of a play than that of a movie. But the overall film is OK. The script is rather original, the characters presented are interesting and the outcome is not predictable.

Basically, everything happens in an elevator that goes from one level of "the world" to the other, with various people inside. Things get weird when the big-brothery Surveillance Bureau stops the elevator to transport two death-row convicts. What was interesting about the movie was the design, which included weird technology like a cell phone, cardboard milk boxes, etc, but also big ring-a-ding phones, lots of little engines and exposed wiring and levers and huge clicking buttons :)

I would have given this an 8 if it weren't for the bad ending. It seemed completely out of place.