Tomie: Rebirth

2001 1h 40m JA

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7.1

SOLID

★7.1TMDB · 103

Horror

Synopsis

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Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Miki Sakai
Tomie Kawakami
Satoshi Tsumabuki
Takumi Aoyama
Kumiko Endo
Hitomi Kitamura
Masaya Kikawada
Shun'ichi Hosoda
Shugo Oshinari
Hideo Kamata
Yutaka Nakajima
Tomoko Hosoda
Yuri Hachisu
Yumiko Sano
Tarō Suwa
Haruo Aoyoma

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takashi Shimizu
Writers: Yoshinobu Fujioka
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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

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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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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takashi Shimizu, shot by Yōichi Shiga. 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 Gary Ashiya. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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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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CAST

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Miki Sakai and Satoshi Tsumabuki and Kumiko Endo carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0348225 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takashi Shimizu directs. Yōichi Shiga behind the camera. Gary Ashiya scores. Ryuji Miyajima cuts. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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125 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Tomie Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Directed by Takashi Shimizu, shot by Yōichi Shiga. 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.
6Editor Ryuji Miyajima shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Miki Sakai and Satoshi Tsumabuki and Kumiko Endo carry the top of the cast.
8IMDB entry: tt0348225 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Yōichi Shiga
Original score: Gary Ashiya
Editing: Ryuji Miyajima
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: JA
IMDB: Tomie: Rebirth (2001)

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.