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Angel Dust

1994 · 117 min

A hypnotic, unsettling plunge into obsession and control, where the line between investigator and killer blurs in a cold, dreamlike Tokyo.

Overview
Every Monday, a young woman is murdered in the subway, leading psychiatrist Setsuko Suma to investigate Dr. Rei Aku's deprogramming of former sect members.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 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
  • obsession
  • identity
  • isolation
  • madness
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • single country house
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • twist ending
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror6
Humour1
Realism6
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity8
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
horror, crime, mystery
Directed by
Gakuryu Ishii
Written by
Yorozu Ikuta, Gakuryu Ishii
Starring
Kaho Minami, Takeshi Wakamatsu, Etsushi Toyokawa, Ryoko Takizawa, Masayuki Shionoya, Yukio Yamato, Tomorowo Taguchi, Toshinori Kondo
Music
Hiroyuki Nagashima
Cinematography
Norimichi Kasamatsu
Runtime
117 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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