Haze (2005 film)
| Haze | |
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| Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Written by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Starring | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Cinematography | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Edited by | Shinya Tsukamoto |
| Music by | Chu Ishikawa |
| Distributed by | Gold View Company Ltd. |
Release dates |
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Running time | 49 minutes |
| Country | Japan |
| Language | Japanese |
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Haze (HAZE ヘイズ) is a 2005 Japanese mystery horror film written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto who also stars in the movie. After appearances at several international festivals in 2005, the film debuted theatrically in Japan on March 4, 2006.[1] Two versions of the film exist: the original release, a short 25-minute version; and what Director Tsukamoto titled the "Long Version", which runs 49 minutes.[2]
Plot
[edit ]A man wakes up in a small concrete space bleeding from the abdomen. He can barely move and has no recollection of why or how he came to be there. Crawling forward, he eventually meets a woman and they try to piece together their past lives.
Cast
[edit ]- Shinya Tsukamoto
- Kaori Fujii (藤井かほり)
- Takahiro Murase (村瀬貴洋)
- Takahiro Kandaka (神高貴宏)
- Masato Tsujioka
- Mao Saito (さいとう真央)
Reception
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Keith Uhlich from Slant Magazine awarded the film three and a half out of four stars, writing, "Many directors would no doubt take a god’s-eye perspective of Haze's hero, but Tsukamoto favors an intimate camera style that offsets the genre film sturm und drang and grounds his movie in a terrifyingly mortal perspective."[3] Niina Doherty from HorrorNews.net gave the film a positive review, praising the film's claustrophobic atmosphere, sound design, and cinematography.[4]
References
[edit ]- ^ HAZE ヘイズ (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2013年10月16日.
- ^ "Twitch Film". Archived from the original on 2012年07月31日. Retrieved 2012年07月13日.
- ^ Uhlich, Keith (22 September 2005). "Review: Haze - Slant Magazine". SlantMagazine.com. Keith Uhlich. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
- ^ Doherty, Niina (14 December 2005). "Film Review: Haze (2005)". HorrorNews.net. Niina Doherty. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
External links
[edit ]- "Haze" (in Japanese). Official Site. Archived from the original on 2010年06月27日.
- Haze at IMDb
- Haze at Rotten Tomatoes
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