The Scissors Massacre

"A classic horror thriller not to be missed!"

2008 1h 38m JA

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★5.8TMDB · 24★5.8IMDB · 460

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Synopsis

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Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town in Gifu. The oldest sister, Yukie Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Sachiko works at a beauty salon and the youngest, Mayu, is on the track team in high school. Their happy, carefree lives are changed forever when Yukie's ex-boyfriend Suzuki commits an atrocious crime. Half-crazed and bent on revenge against the Sawada family, Suzuki mistakes Mayu for Yukie and pours acid all over her face. Overwhelmed by physical and psychological trauma, Mayu sinks deeper into depression and isolation, unresponsive to her sisters encouragement. Meanwhile, chilling news of a serial murderer, who preys on the alumni of Mayu's high school, sends shockwaves through their small town...

“A classic horror thriller not to be missed!”

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Cast

Rin Asuka
Mayumi Sawada
Yukie Kawamura
Sachiko Sawada
Mayuko Iwasa
Yukie Sawada
Akihiro Mayama
Seiji Moriyama
Yousuke Saito
Mitsuzo Sawada
Miki Hayashi
Junko Muraoka
Erina
Kaoru Yamamoto
Haruka Nishimoto
Kimiko Yoshizawa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kotaro Terauchi
Writers: Carolco, Kotaro Terauchi, Yoshitsugu Sagami
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CINEMA

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

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3 / 8

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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Editor Tsuru Fukui 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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Rin Asuka and Yukie Kawamura and Mayuko Iwasa carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "A classic horror thriller not to be missed!".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1192612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kotaro Terauchi directs. Tsuru Fukui cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Part of the "Carved Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Tsuru Fukui shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Rin Asuka and Yukie Kawamura and Mayuko Iwasa carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "A classic horror thriller not to be missed!".
7IMDB entry: tt1192612 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 24 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.