Tomie: Forbidden Fruit

2002 1h 31m JA

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★6.0TMDB · 31

Horror

Synopsis

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When a lonely high school girl befriends a strange, mysterious and beautiful girl, it is soon becomes clear that the two girls' meeting was not purely accidental.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Nozomi Ando
Tomie Kawakami
Aoi Miyazaki
Tomie Hashimoto
Jun Kunimura
Kazuhiko Hashimoto
Yuka Fujimoto
Kyoko
Ayaka Ninomiya
Megumi
Chiaki Ōta
Tomoko
Tetsu Watanabe
Suzuki

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Shun Nakahara
Writers: Yoshinobu Fujioka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 24 years ago.

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CINEMA

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

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3 / 7

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 7

CAST

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Nozomi Ando and Aoi Miyazaki and Jun Kunimura carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0348226 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 31 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Shun Nakahara directs. Ryuji Miyajima cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 24 years ago.
2Part of the "Tomie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Ryuji Miyajima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Nozomi Ando and Aoi Miyazaki and Jun Kunimura carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0348226 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 31 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Released under 10 different titles around the world.

The technical file

Editing: Ryuji Miyajima
Makeup / hair: Sôichi Umezawa
VFX supervisor: Issei Oda
Runtime: 91 min · 1h 31m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (2002)

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.