Dead Girl Walking

2004 0h 44m JA

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★5.5TMDB · 9

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Synopsis

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Yuri is an ordinary teenage girl. But one day, everything changes when she learns that she's apparently dead. Even though she's technically not alive, she tries to keep her humanity and life. Her family, however, wants her out of the picture.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ayaka Maeda
Yuri Ôhara
Moe Karasawa
Yuki Ôhara
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Hidetsugu Ôhara
Kibaji Tankobo
Hito Sarai
Kansai Eto
Nôfu
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yokoyama Kazuhiro
Writers: Koji Shiraishi, Naoyuki Yokota, Hideshi Hino
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Part of the "Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Ayaka Maeda and Moe Karasawa and Yoshiyuki Morishita carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0780053 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yokoyama Kazuhiro directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 44-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Part of the "Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Ayaka Maeda and Moe Karasawa and Yoshiyuki Morishita carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0780053 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 44 min · 0h 44m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Dead Girl Walking (2004)

Part of

Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror

Hideshi Hino's Theater of Horror, also known as the Kaiki Gekijou Hexalogy, is a series of six live action Japanese horror films from Pony Canyon. Based on several manga of Hideshi Hino, the series was released theatrically in Japan in year 2004, and later released in North America in 2006.