2LDK (2003)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Writer:

Yukihiko Tsutsumi (writer)

Release Date:

4 October 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Two actresses who have auditioned for one part, sharing the same apartment with opposite personalities equals a night which either neither of them will forget - if they survive!

Plot Keywords:

Apartment | Japanese | Photograph | One Night | Fire Extinguisher

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Eiko Koike	...	Nozomi
Maho Nonami	...	Rana
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Daisuke Kizaki

Directed by
Yukihiko Tsutsumi

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Yukihiko Tsutsumi		writer

Produced by
Yuji Ishida	....	producer
Shin'ya Kawai	....	supervising producer
Kazuki Manabe	....	producer
Susumu Nakazawa	....	producer

Film Editing by
Nobuyuki Ito

Production Design by
Hisao Inagaki

Production Companies

• DUEL Film Partners
• Micott
• Times In

Distributors

• Rapid Eye Movies (2004) (Germany) (theatrical)
• TLA Releasing (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• WE Productions (2006) (France) (DVD)

Other Companies

• Office Crescendo  production cooperation

Runtime:

Japan:70 min | UK:66 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

DTS-Stereo

Certification:

Australia:M | Canada:18A | UK:18 | Japan:R-15 | Germany:18 | South Korea:18

Company:

DUEL Film Partners

Trivia:

When Nozomi is hit in the face by the eggs, they are thrown by director Yukihiko Tsutsumi.

Quotes:

[Lana and Nazomi have knives in each others throats]
Lana: That feels nice.
Nozomi: We'll regret this.
Lana: What a relief.... Good luck.
Nozomi: ...You too.
[both pull their knives out]

Creepy, yet entertaining...

1st watched 7/11/2006, 7 out of 10(Dir-Yukihiko Tsutsumi): Creepy, yet entertaining chicks taking jealousy to the extreme flick. What this movie is, is a no-holds barred representation of what would happen if two women were filled with jealousy and hatred towards one another and had no conscience whatsoever to keep them from going to extreme measures to put the other away permanently. It starts off slowly as the characters are introduced 1 by 1 after returning home from their respective acting auditions for the same role for an upcoming coveted movie. They share an apartment that consists of 2 Bedrooms, A living room, A dining room and a kitchen; thus the title, 2LDK. We're initially tricked into thinking that the horror aspect of the movie is going to come from outside sources instead of from within. We are then shown thru the character's thoughts that anger is heating up quickly and builds to an overflowing point that never lets go until the end of the movie. At times, the extreme violence tends to pull you away from the screen but the director(Yukihiko Tsutsumi) then promptly grabs you back in as if he knows how you're going to react. This Japanese movie goes places deep within the hearts of characters that Hollywood only barely scratches at the surface. Many times in American movies it's turned into a blood-and-guts fest only without any probing into the characters. This movie is much more than that and for this reason it's a pleasurable(kind of) viewing experience if you can last thru to the very end, despite the graphic violence.