The Tenants Downstairs (2016)

A sadisitic landlord manipulates the lives of his tenants through a network of surveillance cameras installed throughout the building.

Director:

Adam Tsuei

Writers:

Giddens Ko (original novel), Giddens Ko (screenplay)

Stars:

Simon Yam, Yu-Wei Shao, Xing Li

1 win & 4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Simon Yam	...	The Landlord / Chang Jiajun
Yu-Wei Shao	...	Yingru
Xing Li	...	Miss Chen
Kang-sheng Lee	...	Guo Li
Kai Fung	...	Detective
Kaiser Chuang	...	Mr. Chang
An-Shun Yu	...	Mr. Wang
Yan-xi Hou	...	Boyan (as Phil Yan)
Bernard Senjun	...	Linghu
Angel Ho	...	Mr. Wang's daughter
Akio Chen	...	Huang Silang / Rich old man (as Mu-Yi Chen)
Kurt Chou	...	Yingru's first victim / Nurse
Shih-Mei Tu	...	Aphrodisiac saleswoman / Nurse
Toyoharu Kitamura	...	Miss Chen's boss
Meng-sheng Shen	...	Old man

Storyline

A loafer inherits an apartment block and lets out the place to a group of tenants, including a lusty gymnastics teacher, a geeky college student, a single father with his young daughter, a gay couple, a writer and a sexy female office worker. An incredible story is about to unfold as they start their lives in the same building.

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Plot Keywords:

gay | 

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Genres:

Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

Taiwan

Language:

Mandarin

Release Date:

12 August 2016 (Taiwan)

Also Known As:

The Tenants Downstairs

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amazing Film Studio, Star Ritz Productions Co., Edko Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Soundtracks

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Composed by Terrytyelee & Queenie Lin
Lyrics & Performed by Terrytyelee
Produced by Terrytyelee & Chris Hou
Arranged by Queenie Lin, Terrytyelee & FishRedDragon
[Ending Credit Song]

User Reviews

Surprising thriller,

I was pleased to see this one. At first it seems dull and boring - because we come for this cover. We want a horror movie. But that's not what happens. And then it gets interesting... We want to know more about it - while feeling guilty for this very desire. Then it goes completely overboard with its intent; and we are shocked. Grossed out, for many of the things shown. But we can't stop looking. We can't turn off the movie, because we want to know what happened. This movie engages the audience with a simple and subtle - yet incredibly strong - grip. The end brings a terrible, painful surprise. We struggle with what we see. Though some of it might seem far fetched, since we're in its grip, we can buy the premise. I think that the director could've served the third act with a little less exposition; much of the ending would have a lot more impact if there was no character narrating it. But the movie still delivers a good story. In some aspects. it reminded me of Oldboy.