Banned from Broadcast 5: Poet's Village

2006 0h 46m JA

Horror

Synopsis

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Shijin-no-mura is a healing facility where those who cannot conform to society live together. Our crew follows a woman who comes to the village. Her sister committed suicide and she herself has suicidal thoughts, but after her experience at the facility, she returns to society. Can you see it? A glimpse of the real horror in the tapes...

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Kiyomi Doi

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Jiang Junhe
Writers: Toshikazu Nagae
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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RUNTIME

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Tight 46-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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CAST

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Part of the "Banned from Broadcast Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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The take

Jiang Junhe directs. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

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1Tight 46-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
2Released 20 years ago.
3Part of the "Banned from Broadcast Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.