Marebito (2004 film)

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Summary

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.

Details

• Release Date: 2004
• Country/Language: Japan, Japanese with English subtitles
• Genres/Technical: Horror, Fantasy, Sci-fi
• Runtime: 1 hr 32 min
• Starring: Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara
• Director: Takashi Shimizu
• Writer: Chiaki Konaka (novel), Chiaki Konaka (screenplay)
• Producer/Production Co: Adness K.K., AtEntertainment K.K., Culture Publishers (CP)
• View Trailer: (link)

Ratings

MPAA Ratings

• Rated: R (Violence, Profanity, Nudity, Adult Content)

Tentacle Ratings

A rough measure of how "Lovecraftian" the work is:

• SS___ (Two Tentacles: Barely Lovecraftian; could be a very loose adaptation)

The film, told from the point of view of an unreliable narrator, is about a legend describing a hidden civilization of alien ghouls existing just out of sight in a parallel world or dimension beyond reality. The setting of a key scene in the film is described as "The Mountains of Madness".

Note: This rating is not intended as a measure of quality, merely of how closely related to Lovecraftian "Weird" fiction the work is.

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Synopsis

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A cameraman who is obsessed with fear brings a blood-drinking woman back from a nether world under Tokyo.

Notes

Associated Mythos Elements

• TO DO
• fiction: I Remember Lemuria! - Richard Sharpe Shaver
• race: Deros, compare to Ghouls and Vampires
• cult: Men in Black
• location: Hollow Earth
• location: a character refers to the hidden, labyrinthine vaults beneath Tokyo as "The Mountains of Madness"
• location: Agartha, capital city of the Hollow Earth
• location: Shambhala