Madness. Terror. Murder.
A wave of gruesome murders is sweeping Tokyo. The only connection is a bloody X carved into the neck of each of the victims. In each case, the murderer is found near the victim and remembers nothing of the crime. Detective Takabe and psychologist Sakuma are called in to figure out the connection, but their investigation goes nowhere...
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Screenplay
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
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Release date
December 27, 1997
Top billed cast
Koji Yakusho, Tsuyoshi Ujiki, Anna Nakagawa, Yukijiro Hotaru, Yoriko Doguchi
Production companies
Daiei Film, Twins Japan
Keywords
criterion collection, prostitute, hotel, based on novel or book, amnesia, hallucination, interview, investigation, murder, serial killer, tokyo, japan, interrogation, stranger, hypnotism, psychosis, record player, mental hospital, neo-noir, personality disorder
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