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Star of David: Beauty Hunting

1979 · 100 min

A grim, unsettling descent into obsession and cruelty, stylishly shot but emotionally punishing.

Tagline
A masterpiece of immoral Eros, a movie of Masaaki Sato's dramatic manga made by Norifumi Suzuki of 'Torakku yarō'!
Overview
The life of Tatsuya, a young man of proper yet mysterious descent, whose outward respectability hides his urges for rape and torture.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 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
  • violence
  • madness
  • power
  • isolation
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
  • unreliable narrator
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex strong
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism6
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
horror, thriller
Directed by
Norifumi Suzuki
Written by
Atsushi Yamatoya
Starring
Yuka Asagiri, Yûko Asuka, Shun Domon, Hiromi Namino, Hiroshi Nawa, Asami Ogawa, Rei Okamoto, Nagatoshi Sakamoto
Music
Masayuki Taguchi
Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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