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Dead Girl Walking

2004 · 44 min

A quiet, unsettling slide into domestic horror, where the ordinary turns against you and identity dissolves.

Directed by: Koji Shiraishi, Yokoyama Kazuhiro
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Ayaka Maeda, Moe Karasawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita

Overview: Yuri is an ordinary teenage girl. But one day, everything changes when she learns that she's apparently dead. Even though she's technically not alive, she tries to keep her humanity and life. Her family, however, wants her out of the picture.

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Directed by: Koji Shiraishi, Yokoyama Kazuhiro
Genres: Horror, Mystery, Drama
Starring: Ayaka Maeda, Moe Karasawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
family
death
betrayal
Places: home
suburbs
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	7
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	8
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: horror, mystery, drama
Directed by: Koji Shiraishi, Yokoyama Kazuhiro
Written by: Koji Shiraishi, Hideshi Hino, Naoyuki Yokota
Starring: Ayaka Maeda, Moe Karasawa, Yoshiyuki Morishita, Kibaji Tankobo, Kansai Eto, Horiken
Runtime: 44 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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