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World Apartment Horror

1991 · 97 min

A scrappy, offbeat culture-clash comedy that slides into spooky unease, watching a hapless enforcer flail against tenants and something stranger.

Directed by
Katsuhiro Otomo
Genres
Comedy, Horror
Overview
A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.
How it feels
Absurd, eerie, satirical and dark. Measured and needs your attention.
About
Isolation, class, identity, power
Content
Mild violence, gore, sexual content and language.
Note
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Directed by
Katsuhiro Otomo
Genres
Comedy, Horror
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror5
Humour6
Realism5
Romance1
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight3

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Details

Genres
comedy, horror
Directed by
Katsuhiro Otomo
Written by
Katsuhiro Otomo, Keiko Nobumoto
Starring
Sabu, Hiroshi Shimizu, Kaei Okina, Jazz Cutz, Yuji Nakamura, Mohammed Abdul Sahib
Music
Kimio Nomura
Cinematography
Noboru Shinoda
Runtime
97 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese, Mandarin, English, Korean

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