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Tomie: Rebirth

2001 · 100 min

A queasy, dreamlike spiral of obsession and body horror that unsettles more than it shocks, drifting between dread and absurdity.

Overview
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.

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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • obsession
  • madness
  • identity
  • death
  • betrayal
Places
  • big city
  • single country house
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror8
Humour1
Realism4
Romance2
Tension7
Darkness8
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
horror
Directed by
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Written by
Yoshinobu Fujioka
Starring
Miki Sakai, Satoshi Tsumabuki, Kumiko Endo, Masaya Kikawada, Shugo Oshinari, Yutaka Nakajima, Yuri Hachisu, Tarō Suwa
Music
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Cinematography
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Runtime
100 min
Country
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Languages
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