Nightmare Detective

"You die in the dream, you die for real."

2007 1h 45m JA

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6.0

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6.1

IMDB

★6.0TMDB · 83★6.1IMDB · 2,812

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Synopsis

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When a number of suicide victims slash themselves in their sleep, detective Keiko Kirishima is called to investigate.

“You die in the dream, you die for real.”

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Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda
Kyoichi Kagenuma
Hitomi
Keiko Kirishima
Masanobu Ando
Detective Wakamiya
Yoshio Harada
Taizo Oishi
Shinya Tsukamoto
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Ren Osugi
Detective Sekiya
Kôji Tsukamoto
Detective
Jin Muraki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shinya Tsukamoto
Writers: Shinya Tsukamoto, Hisakatsu Kuroki
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 19 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Nightmare Detective Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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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 Shinya Tsukamoto, shot by Shinya Tsukamoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Shinya Tsukamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Ryuhei Matsuda and Hitomi and Masanobu Ando carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "You die in the dream, you die for real.".

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The take

Shinya Tsukamoto directs. Shinya Tsukamoto behind the camera. Chu Ishikawa scores. Shinya Tsukamoto cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 19 years ago.
2Part of the "Nightmare Detective Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Shinya Tsukamoto, shot by Shinya Tsukamoto. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Chu Ishikawa. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Shinya Tsukamoto shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ryuhei Matsuda and Hitomi and Masanobu Ando carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "You die in the dream, you die for real.".
9IMDB entry: tt0852726 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 83 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
11Classified under 9 themes, including "suicide", "nightmare", "detective", "surreal".