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6.3/10   893 votes
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Director:
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 Reviews:
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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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Japan:106 min
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Fun Stuff

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

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6 out of 11 people found the following review useful.
Nightmare detective DVD R3 review, 1 October 2007
6/10
Author: helmutty from Singapore

The premise caught me and I was on my way to watch it on DVD. It is haunting creepy and very violent. This violent thriller/fantasy had me stayed up for a night. The director had the story that looks like real. That scared me, pondering on the main theme of this, "suicide". After the thrilling violent suicides, you will find that violence is the least point you take note, it is the brutal violence, the idea on suicide when you just think about it. So it pretty got me like straight to the brain.

The story shows the first bloody suicide and Keiko (Hitomi), a cop transferred is discovering the first suicide. She realises that it is no ordinary suicide but the other police thinks the other way. Then it shows the second suicide, the non-stop stabbing on the neck, the dead man's wife told them that it is like that he was in a nightmare which is true. They found that "O" is the one who killed them. They want the mysterious guy who can go to people's dreams, played by Ryuhei Matsuda, but he says that he don't want to go to people's dreams anymore. Until when one of cop calls "O" and awaits for death. He can't be saved. Keiko calls "O" and wants to arrest him because she wants to save more victims falling into his hands. From there, the thrilling "race" of not sleeping starts. It may be confusing but I am able to understand it. Be warned of very shaky scenes where you can't even see what is happening.

Overall : It will seduce you to its dark mystery and from there, you will find it hard to take your eyes from the screen. The director did it with a sense of humour and dark mystery. It is very bloody but soon it is not the point.

The Singaporean DVD consists of TV spots, trailers and some boring stuff. There is not even a making of. The DVD is rated M-18.

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