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The Garden of Sinners: The Hollow Shrine

2008 · 45 min

A haunting, introspective descent into fractured identity and supernatural dread, unfolding with deliberate, unsettling quiet.

Directed by
Teiichi Takiguchi
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Action
Starring
Maaya Sakamoto, Kenichi Suzumura, Jouji Nakata
Tagline
"Everything is full of happiness, but humans are so alone."
Overview
June 1998: After spending two years in a coma caused by a traffic accident, Shiki Ryougi awakens with amnesia. She is visited by Touko Aozaki, a wizard and proprietor of a studio called Garan no Dou. Shiki has lost not only the memory of her accident, but also any real sense that she's even alive. Strangely, enigmatic beings begin to attack her...

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Directed by
Teiichi Takiguchi
Genres
Animation, Fantasy, Action
Starring
Maaya Sakamoto, Kenichi Suzumura, Jouji Nakata
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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
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • isolation
  • death
  • memory
  • trauma
Places
  • hospital
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror5
Humour1
Realism3
Romance2
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Genres
animation, fantasy, action, mystery
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Written by
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Starring
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