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King of Thorn

2010 · 109 min

A claustrophobic, disorienting plunge into monstrous chaos and shifting realities that keeps you tense and unsettled throughout.

Directed by: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Genres: Fantasy, Animation, Science fiction
Starring: Kana Hanazawa, Kohsei Hirota, Misaki Kuno

Overview: A mysterious virus, nicknamed Medusa, is spreading around Japan, turning its victims into stone. Given the impossibility of finding an immediate cure, the government opts for cryopreserving a select group of patients until they come up with a solution. Kasumi, one of the chosen ones, has been asleep for years and her awakening, more than a bed of roses, is a bed of thorns, and happens in the midst of total chaos where monstrous creatures lie in wait all around.

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Directed by: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Genres: Fantasy, Animation, Science fiction
Starring: Kana Hanazawa, Kohsei Hirota, Misaki Kuno

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Tone: darkstrength 3 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
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Pacing: brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
identity
madness
death
Places: single country house
hospital
fantasy world
Era: near-future
Audience: adult
Form: twist ending
nonlinear
animated
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Tension	8
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Complexity	7
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Genres: fantasy, animation, science fiction
Directed by: Kazuyoshi Katayama
Written by: Hiroshi Yamaguchi, Kazuyoshi Katayama
Starring: Kana Hanazawa, Kohsei Hirota, Misaki Kuno, Tsutomu Isobe, Sayaka Ohara, Ayako Kawasumi, Toshiyuki Morikawa, Shin-ichiro Miki
Music: Toshihiko Sahashi
Cinematography: Mitsuhiro Sato
Runtime: 109 min
Country: Japan
Languages: Japanese

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