Akumu tantei (Nightmare Detective) (2006)
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Visionary Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man) returns to the helm with this bleak tale of a supernaturally gifted serial killer with the power to enter his victim's dreams, and the mysterious "Nightmare Detective" who provides the only hope of loosening the… More Visionary Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man) returns to the helm with this bleak tale of a supernaturally gifted serial killer with the power to enter his victim's dreams, and the mysterious "Nightmare Detective" who provides the only hope of loosening the maniac's murderous grip on dreamland. Detective Keiko Kirishima (Hitomi) was an academic criminologist whose interest in detective work soon found her gravitating into homicide fieldwork. Upon being assigned to investigate a recent rash of suicides in which the victims seem to have slashed themselves to death while sleeping, Keiko observes a strange connecting factor -- each victim's phone displays "0" as the last number dialed before their grisly demise. Encouraged by her superiors to view the case from a paranormal perspective, Keiko soon learns of a man named Kyoichi Kagenuma (Ryuhei Matsuda), who is said to be able to enter the dreams of others while analyzing the thoughts of his slumbering subjects. Despite his initial reluctance to get involved in the case, Kyoichi soon finds his resolve put to the ultimate test when the desperate Keiko dials "0" in a suicidal, last-ditch effort to capture the elusive killer. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Written By
- Shin'ya Tsukamoto
- Genres
- Mystery & Suspense, Horror
- In Theaters
- Oct 14, 2006 Wide
Critic Reviews
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David Nusair, Reel Film Reviews
...cement[s] Tsukomoto's status as one of the most egregiously untalented and flat-out worthless filmmakers around...
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Pablo Villaca, Cinema em Cena
Possivelmente o trabalho mais "acessível" de Tsukamoto, é também um dos piores, surgindo como uma cópia sem inspiração de tantos outros exemplares da recente onda do terror japonês.
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Scott Weinberg, FEARnet
An Asian combination platter of Dreamscape, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and just about every technology-obsessed J-horror flick you can think of.
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Sean Axmaker, MSN.com
Shinya Tsukamoto... moves into the more traditional J-horror currents of madness without the dark humor or wicked twists of his earlier films.
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Cast
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Ryuhei Matsuda
as Kyoichi Kagenuma
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Reiko Hitomi
as Detective Keiko Kirishima
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Masanobu Ando
as Detective Wakayama
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Ren Ohsugi
as Detective Sekiya
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Shin'ya Tsukamoto
as Zero
- Yoshio Harada