Gurozuka

"For these girls, death is the only escape!"

2005 1h 25m JA

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6.0

MID

★6.0TMDB · 6

Horror

Synopsis

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A fun getaway turns into a journey to Hell for some teenage girls visiting an isolated house to rehearse and perform a play for their private movie club. Taking the trip with an adult chaperone, the girls learn a previous club member supposedly went missing in the house, and another insane! Shortly after they arrive, a mysterious videotape is found with footage of a violent killer wearing a Japanese “deigan” mask. Is this footage real or fake? Soon, their food and equipment disappears and one of the girls is haunted by ghostly visions of the masked demon. Someone or something is in the house, and gruesome death awaits those who cannot escape!

“For these girls, death is the only escape!”

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Cast

Nozomi Ando
Takako
Yukari Fukui
Yuka
Yûko Itô
Yuko
Yuko Kurosawa
Natsuki
Yoko Mitsuya
Maki
Chisato Morishita
Ai
Keiko Saito
Yayoi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yōichi Nishiyama
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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85 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.

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2 / 7

ERA

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Released 21 years ago.

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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

CAST

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Nozomi Ando and Yukari Fukui and Yûko Itô carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "For these girls, death is the only escape!".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0493695 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yōichi Nishiyama directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

185 minutes exactly — the "classic feature" runtime most directors aim for.
2Released 21 years ago.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Nozomi Ando and Yukari Fukui and Yûko Itô carry the top of the cast.
5Marketing tagline: "For these girls, death is the only escape!".
6IMDB entry: tt0493695 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 6 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.