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Director:
Shinya Tsukamoto
Writer:
Shinya Tsukamoto (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
13 January 2007 (Japan) more
Plot:
Three people in Tokyo take a surreal voyage of self-discovery through memory and nightmares. "O" intends... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 nomination more
User Comments:
Not one of Tsukamoto's best, but still very good more (16 total)

Cast

  (in credits order)
Ryuhei Matsuda ... Kyoichi Kagenuma
Hitomi ... Keiko Kirishima
Masanobu Ando ... Detective Wakamiya
Ren Ôsugi ... Detective Sekiya
Yoshio Harada ... Keizo Oishi
Shinya Tsukamoto ... '0'
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Jin Muraki
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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
 

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Nightmare Detective (International: English title)
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Runtime:
Japan:106 min
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Sound Mix:
Dolby SR
Filming Locations:
Japan more
Company:
Kaijyu Theater more

Fun Stuff

Movie Connections:
Followed by Akumu Tantei 2 (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Gymnopédie No.3 more

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4 out of 5 people found the following comment useful.
Not one of Tsukamoto's best, but still very good, 14 April 2008
8/10
Author: Indyrod from United States

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.

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