Akumu Tantei (2006)

User Rating:

6.3/10   

Director:

Shinya Tsukamoto

Writer:

Shinya Tsukamoto (writer)

Release Date:

13 January 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Fantasy | Horror | Thriller

Plot:

Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends...

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Cell Phone | Detective | Young Man | Nightmare

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda	...	Kyoichi Kagenuma
Hitomi	...	Keiko Kirishima
Masanobu Ando	...	Detective Wakamiya
Ren Ôsugi	...	Detective Sekiya
Yoshio Harada	...	Keizo Oishi
Shinya Tsukamoto	...	'0'
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jin Muraki

Directed by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Shinya Tsukamoto		writer

Produced by
Shin-Ichi Kawahara	....	producer
Yumiko Takebe	....	producer
Shinya Tsukamoto	....	producer
Takuji Ushiyama	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Chu Ishikawa
Tadashi Ishikawa

Cinematography by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Film Editing by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Production Design by
Shinya Tsukamoto

Makeup Department
Takashi Oda	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Shin-Ichi Kawahara	....	assistant director

Sound Department
Hirokazu Kato	....	sound
Masaya Kitada	....	sound effects editor

Special Effects by
Hisashi Oda	....	special effects supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Keisuke Yoshida	....	gaffer

Production Companies

• Kaijyu Theater
• Movie-Eye Entertainment

Distributors

• Cinema Without Frontiers (2008) (Russia) (theatrical)
• Festive Films (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Golden Village Entertainment (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Group Power (2007) (Taiwan) (theatrical)
• Minerva Pictures (2006) (Italy) (theatrical)
• Movie-Eye Entertainment (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (UK) (theatrical)
• Weinstein Company, The (2007) (USA) (theatrical)
• Dimension Extreme (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Happinet (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Raro Video (2007) (Italy) (DVD)
• Reel DVD (2008) (Australia) (DVD)
• Sunfilm Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Gonzo Revolution

Also Known As:

Nightmare Detective (International: English title)

Runtime:

Japan:106 min

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Italy:VM14 | Germany:16 | Taiwan:R-18 | Japan:PG-12 | Australia:MA (2008) | South Korea:18

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Kaijyu Theater

Movie Connections:

Followed by Akumu Tantei 2 (2008)

Soundtrack:

Gymnopédie No.3

Not one of Tsukamoto's best, but still very good

Shinya Tsukamoto directs and plays the bad guy in this supernatural thriller, and even though I liked it pretty much, it doesn't stand up well against his other classics. People are dying horrible bloody suicides which seem connected to a recent cell phone conversation they had with a person identified as "O". A beautiful female detective takes over the case, and meets up with a guy that has the ability to enter other people's dreams. Not a novel or original story idea by Tsukamoto, but it's still pretty interesting. When the lady detective makes a call to "O" which dooms her, she calls upon the nightmare detective to enter her dreams and save her. I see a sequel to this movie is in post production, and I hope it's better than the original. Seems kind of funny to me that Tsukamoto is making a sequel to this one, but who knows? From any other director on this subject matter, the movie would probably be a flop, but being Tsukamoto, he adds enough suspense and some gory suicides to make it interesting.