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Homunculus

2021 · 119 min

An unsettling, psychologically murky descent where inner ugliness becomes visible and the viewer is left uneasy and disoriented.

Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Starring: Go Ayano, Ryo Narita, Yukino Kishii

Overview: A homeless man meets a medical school student who pays him to volunteer for a surgical procedure known as trepanation, drilling a hole in his skull, which ends up giving him the ability to communicate with the dark side of people’s subconscious minds.

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Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
Genres: Drama, Thriller, Fantasy
Starring: Go Ayano, Ryo Narita, Yukino Kishii

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
isolation
madness
obsession
trauma
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Action	2
Horror	8
Humour	1
Realism	4
Romance	2
Tension	7
Darkness	9
Complexity	8
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, thriller, fantasy, mystery, horror
Directed by: Takashi Shimizu
Written by: Naruki Matsuhisa, Takashi Shimizu, Eisuke Naito
Starring: Go Ayano, Ryo Narita, Yukino Kishii, Anna Ishii, Seiyo Uchino, Yumiko Nakamura
Music: ermhoi, Ayatake Ezaki
Cinematography: Jun Fukumoto
Runtime: 119 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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