Crazy Lips

2000 1h 25m JA

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6.0

MID

★6.0TMDB · 15

ComedyHorrorAction

Synopsis

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After her brother is accused of murdering four people, his sister, desperate to prove his innocence, goes to a psychic for help. The price they ask, however, is far more than she expected, and the answers they give her are nothing she could ever have imagined. And what is the FBI doing investgating a murder in Japan?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Hitomi Miwa
Satomi Kurahashi
Kazuma Suzuki
Michio Kurahashi
Ren Osugi
Colonel
Hiroshi Abe
Narimoto
Hijiri Natsukawa
Kaori Kurahashi
Yoshiko Yura
Etsuko Mamiya
Tomomi Kuribayashi
Lucy
Shirō Shimomoto

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Hirohisa Sasaki
Writers: Hiroshi Takahashi
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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2 / 8

ERA

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26 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Hirohisa Sasaki, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gary Ashiya. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Hitomi Miwa and Kazuma Suzuki and Ren Osugi carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0274541 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Hirohisa Sasaki directs. Tokushō Kikumura behind the camera. Gary Ashiya scores. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

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Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
226 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Hirohisa Sasaki, shot by Tokushō Kikumura. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Gary Ashiya. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Hitomi Miwa and Kazuma Suzuki and Ren Osugi carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0274541 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 15 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.