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Immersion

2023 · 109 min

A creeping, uneasy blend of office life and virtual dread, where reality keeps slipping and something malevolent waits just past the screen.

Directed by
Takashi Shimizu
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Science fiction
Starring
Daigo Nishihata, Mizuki Yamamoto, Ami Touma
Overview
Mysterious deaths befall on employees of a VR-tech company. There's an unprecedented fear waiting between reality and the virtual world.

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Directed by
Takashi Shimizu
Genres
Horror, Mystery, Science fiction
Starring
Daigo Nishihata, Mizuki Yamamoto, Ami Touma
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How it feels

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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • technology
  • death
  • mystery
  • isolation
  • corruption
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour1
Realism5
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness7
Complexity6
Emotional weight5

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Genres
horror, mystery, science fiction
Directed by
Takashi Shimizu
Written by
Takashi Shimizu, Kiyotaka Inagaki
Starring
Daigo Nishihata, Mizuki Yamamoto, Ami Touma, Rina Ikoma, Yuta Hiraoka, Atomu Mizuishi, Noa Kawazoe, Yasumasa Oba
Music
Kosuke Yamashita
Runtime
109 min
Country
Japan
Languages
Japanese

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