Tokyo Ghoul 'S'

"To eat or to be eaten"

2019 1h 37m JA

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6.5

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★6.5TMDB · 99

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Synopsis

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Now a member of Anteiku, Ken Kaneki grows closer to the ghouls around him. Determined to protect his new home against anti-ghoul forces, he trains his powers in secret. But when the infamous gourmet, Shū Tsukiyama, wishes to savour some half-ghoul flavour, Kaneki's training is put to test of a lifetime.

“To eat or to be eaten”

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Cast

Masataka Kubota
Ken Kaneki
Shota Matsuda
Shū Tsukiyama
Maika Yamamoto
Toka Kirishima
Shunya Shiraishi
Nishiki Nishio
Kai Ogasawara
Hideyoshi Nagachika
Hiyori Sakurada
Hinami Fueguchi
Nobuyuki Suzuki
Kotaro Amon
Minosuke Bando
Uta

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Takuya Kawasaki
Writers: Chuji Mikasano, Sui Ishida
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 7 years ago.

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CINEMA

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Part of the "Tokyo Ghoul (Live-Action) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Takuya Kawasaki, shot by Mitsuru Komiyama. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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

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5 / 8

CAST

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Masataka Kubota and Shota Matsuda and Maika Yamamoto carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "To eat or to be eaten".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt9179260 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 99 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Takuya Kawasaki directs. Mitsuru Komiyama behind the camera. Akira Takeda cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 7 years ago.
2Part of the "Tokyo Ghoul (Live-Action) Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by Takuya Kawasaki, shot by Mitsuru Komiyama. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Editor Akira Takeda shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Masataka Kubota and Shota Matsuda and Maika Yamamoto carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "To eat or to be eaten".
7IMDB entry: tt9179260 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 99 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
9Classified under 11 themes, including "sacrifice", "supernatural", "gore", "stalker".