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Concrete

2004 · 113 min

A grueling, unflinching descent into cruelty and suffering that leaves you shaken and hollow.

Directed by
Hiromu Nakumura
Genres
Horror, Crime
Overview
On the 25th of November 1988, four youths abducted and held Furuta Junko in the house of one of the captors. Subjected to rape, torture, and humiliation, Junko had no hope of escape as the manhunt was stalled by the captors forcing her to tell her parents that she was ok. For 41 harrowing days, Junko had to endure unimaginable suffering at the hands of these four individuals. Finally, after losing in a game of mahjong solitaire, they beat her with an iron dumbbell and set on fire with lighter fluid. She died later that day from shock. In an attempt to hide their crime they buried her in cement and thus the name 'Concrete Encased High School Murder Case' was born as Japan had to confront the horrors of this crime. The perpetrators disposed the drum in a tract of reclaimed land in Koto, Tokyo.
How it feels
Dark, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About
Violence, crime, power, trauma
Content
Strong violence, gore, sexual content and language.
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Directed by
Hiromu Nakumura
Genres
Horror, Crime
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
period
Audience
adult
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language strong
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror7
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness10
Complexity6
Emotional weight10

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