Tsuburo no Gara

2004 1h 8m JA

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6.2

MID

★6.2TMDB · 9

Science FictionMysteryHorror

Synopsis

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A man and a woman wake up in a hospital room. She's a nurse, he's a patient. Problem: a large metal object on his back. While the woman tries desperately to escape, the man experiences an inner struggle on the borderline of dream and reality. What has happened before?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Yûko Hosoe
Kaoru
Shunsuke Iki
Tsubura
Tadayoshi Nishimura
Tsuburi
Ryota Okamoto
Doctor
Kei Takada
Old Person
Hiroyuki Yoshioka
Tsuburo

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Masafumi Yamada
Writers: Masafumi Yamada
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 6

ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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3 / 6

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 6

CAST

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Yûko Hosoe and Shunsuke Iki and Tadayoshi Nishimura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0459575 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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6 / 6

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

Masafumi Yamada directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 68-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Yûko Hosoe and Shunsuke Iki and Tadayoshi Nishimura carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0459575 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.