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RoomMate

2013 · 110 min

A quiet, unsettling descent into unease, where domestic closeness slowly curdles into dread and you never quite trust what you're shown.

Directed by
Takeshi Furusawa
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Starring
Kyoko Fukada, Keiko Kitagawa, Kengo Kora
Overview
Harumi Hagiwara lands in the hospital after being involved in an accident. She hits it off with her nurse, Reiko Nishimura, and the two decide to move in together after she's discharged. However, Harumi begins to witness a series of mysterious events soon after noticing Reiko's strange behavior. Additionally, she fears for her own safety when Reiko starts referring to herself as 'Mari' as if she's become an entirely different person. Before long, the situation develops into a case of murder.

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Directed by
Takeshi Furusawa
Genres
Thriller, Horror
Starring
Kyoko Fukada, Keiko Kitagawa, Kengo Kora
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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • madness
    • isolation
    • deception
    • death
    Places
    • hospital
    • home
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action2
    Horror7
    Humour1
    Realism7
    Romance1
    Tension7
    Darkness7
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    thriller, horror
    Directed by
    Takeshi Furusawa
    Written by
    Takeshi Furusawa
    Starring
    Kyoko Fukada, Keiko Kitagawa, Kengo Kora, Hiroyuki Onoue, Chihiro Ohtsuka, Mariko Tsutsui, Yukijiro Hotaru, Tomorowo Taguchi
    Music
    Goro Yasukawa
    Cinematography
    Takeshi Hamada
    Runtime
    110 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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