Tomie: Another Face

"Three tales of terror featuring the girl who won't die... Tomie."

1999 1h 12m JA

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★5.2TMDB · 34

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Synopsis

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Tomie is a mysterious, beautiful girl you just can't get rid of. She will come to your life from nowhere, and whatever you do, kill her or love her, she will come back to you in the end.

“Three tales of terror featuring the girl who won't die... Tomie.”

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Cast

Runa Nagai
Tomie Kawakami
Chie Tanaka
Miki
Akira Hirai
Ota
Mitsuaki Kaneko
Takashi
Mayumi Yoshida
Atsushi Okuno
Eriko Odaira
Takara Harada

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Toshirô Inomata
Writers: Shôtarô Oikawa
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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Fun facts 🍿

1 / 8

RUNTIME

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Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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2 / 8

ERA

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

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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

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4 / 8

ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Runa Nagai and Chie Tanaka and Akira Hirai carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

AWARDS

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Marketing tagline: "Three tales of terror featuring the girl who won't die... Tomie.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0284565 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 34 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Toshirô Inomata directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 72-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
227 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Part of the "Tomie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Runa Nagai and Chie Tanaka and Akira Hirai carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Three tales of terror featuring the girl who won't die... Tomie.".
7IMDB entry: tt0284565 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 34 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

VFX supervisor: Hideki Inoue
Runtime: 72 min · 1h 12m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Tomie: Another Face (1999)

Part of

Tomie Collection

The Tomie film series is a Japanese horror franchise based on a popular manga about a murderous humanoid creature that goes undercover as a beautiful teenage schoolgirl. This collection includes all nine films in the series.