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Celluloid Nightmares

1999 · 65 min

A grimy, quietly unsettling faux-documentary crawl through Tokyo's adult-video underworld that leaves you uneasy rather than scared.

Overview
A female reporter is filming an investigation report about a missing porn actress in Japan. She hangs around in various video shops and interviews several people.

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How it feels

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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
    • obsession
    • media
    • deception
    • crime
    • isolation
    Places
    • big city
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • mockumentary
    • found footage
    Content intensity
    • Gore mild
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex strong
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror6
    Humour1
    Realism6
    Romance0
    Tension5
    Darkness7
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight4

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    Details

    Genres
    horror
    Directed by
    Daisuke Yamanouchi
    Written by
    Daisuke Yamanouchi
    Starring
    Yûki Emoto, Naohi Hirakawa, Ken'ichi Kanbe, Shigeki Katō, Hiroshi Kitasenju, Yuri Ochiai, Tsuyoshi Okuno, Salmon Sakeyama
    Cinematography
    Atsushi Satou, Masayoshi Nakai
    Runtime
    65 min
    Country
    Japan
    Languages
    Japanese

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