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Teke Teke

2009 · 70 min

A lean, eerie urban-legend chiller that scuttles along with mounting dread and sudden, nasty shocks.

Directed by
Koji Shiraishi
Genres
Horror
Starring
Yuko Oshima, Mami Yamasaki, Ikkei Yamamoto
Overview
The upper torso of a female, claws her way around Japan searching for her lower half. The person's lower half was severed in a train accident in Hokkaido. Anyone that hears of this story will see Teke-Teke's upper half walking aimlessly around the countryside within three days.

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Directed by
Koji Shiraishi
Genres
Horror
Starring
Yuko Oshima, Mami Yamasaki, Ikkei Yamamoto
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • revenge
  • death
  • trauma
  • isolation
  • fate
Places
  • small town
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension6
Darkness7
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
Koji Shiraishi
Written by
Takeki Akimoto
Starring
Yuko Oshima, Mami Yamasaki, Ikkei Yamamoto, Mai Nishida, Kaoru Mizuki, Shinnosuke Abe, Shinmei Tsuji, Kazuki Nanase
Runtime
70 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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