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The Woman Who Keeps a Murderer

2019 · 82 min

A slow, unsettling descent into a fractured mind, where past abuse and present violence blur in a tense, uncomfortable watch.

Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Rin Asuka, Shoka Oshima, Airi Matsuyama

Overview: Sexually abused as a child by her step-father, Kyoko is now an adult who lives with three other roommates, one of them a lesbian who's attracted to her. Amidst misunderstandings and more abuse at the hands of her mother, Kyoko is faced with a wave of murders, her mental state worsening.

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Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Genres: Thriller, Horror
Starring: Rin Asuka, Shoka Oshima, Airi Matsuyama

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: trauma
identity
isolation
madness
violence
Places: big city
home
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
unreliable narrator
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex strong

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Complexity	6
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Genres: thriller, horror
Directed by: Hideo Nakata
Written by: Kaori Yoshida
Starring: Rin Asuka, Shoka Oshima, Airi Matsuyama, Nakatani Hitomi, Kenji Mizuhashi, Toshie Negishi, Mutsuo Yoshioka, Shinya Hamada
Music: Hidekazu Sakamoto
Cinematography: Yuta Tsukinaga
Runtime: 82 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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