Fateful

2004 1h 25m JA

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7.0

SOLID

★7.0TMDB · 1

Horror

Synopsis

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Tamiya, a pet detective looking for a runaway cat, is approached by a stranger at a pachinko parlor one day. The man predicts that Tamiya will hit the jackpot on his pachinko machine, and, lo and behold, it turns out to be true. The next day, Tamiya receives a request to find a pet. The woman who made the request turns out to be the wife of Goro Mouri, the strange man she met at the pachinko parlor yesterday. The woman asks him to find her missing cat, Lucky, and shows him a picture of an animal that does not look like a cat at all. After three days, Tamiya goes to Mouri's house to report his search, but...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kosuke Toyohara
Eiji Naiki
Miyuki Komatsu
Aimi Nakamura
Satoru Kamata

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yōichi Nishiyama
Writers: Sakichi Sato
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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ERA

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Released 22 years ago.

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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CAST

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Kosuke Toyohara and Eiji Naiki and Miyuki Komatsu carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0474977 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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WILD

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Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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The take

Yōichi Nishiyama directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 22 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Kosuke Toyohara and Eiji Naiki and Miyuki Komatsu carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt0474977 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 1 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.