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Marebito Reviews

2004

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Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto) is a cameraman possessed by the craving to understand fear. In particular, he obsesses over his footage of a grisly suicide in the subway. Returning to the scene to better comprehend the dead man's reasoning, he opens a doorway into a bizarre, cavernous underworld. Here among the ghosts and .. Read more

Starring	Shinya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita
Director	Takashi Shimizu
Genres	Horror, World Cinema

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  Atmospheric Horror
  
  From the director of the Grudge this film successfully marries the atmospheric uncertainties of traditional Japanese horror movies with the mythic narratives of... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - gothicHM
  - 32 reviews
  - Herts
  - 26 Sep 2006 at 14:18
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- - 0
  - 0
  Not very memorable
  
  I didn't write a review for this straight away, although I did Rate it one star. Now coming back to review it I realise I hardly remember it at all. That&#... read more »
  
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- 958176
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Louisaking
  - 35 reviews
  - Cardiff
  - 28 Jan 2011 at 13:38
- - 0
  - 0
  ghosts and detrimental robots
  
  Freelance cameraman videos bizarre suicide and becomes obsessed with finding the ultimate terror knowing the price is his own death. He stops taking medication ... read more »
  
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- 953708
- - juradino
  - 627 reviews
  - London
  - 14 Jan 2011 at 21:35
- - 2
  - 0
  The horror... the horror...
  
  if you want a truly horror experience then here it is... enigmatic, mysterious, 'what the hell is going on','I don't get it'. The reviews ... read more »
  
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- - Pawo
  - 12 reviews
  - Faringdon
  - 02 Nov 2010 at 22:18
- - 0
  - 0
  cumbersome horror
  
  the movie starts off promising but sort of stumbles along with a very thin based plot, the idea is quite original in its own right allthough many j horrors have... read more »
  
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- - sachiyoandbuzz
  - 5 reviews
  - cheltenham
  - 22 Jun 2010 at 21:30
- - 1
  - 0
  Dreadful
  
  I'm a great fan of both cult and obscure asian films.
  
  I loved the Ring and Phone.
  
  I enjoyed Dark Water.
  
  The Grudge was ... read more »
  
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- 762719
- - Ang2911
  - 41 reviews
  - FIFE, SCOTLAND.
  - 26 May 2009 at 17:27
- - 0
  - 1
  Boring
  
  Halfway through this film I started playing a game on my phone, it's that boring. It started off quite well,, ticking all the J-Horror boxes (Creepy pale ... read more »
  
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- 739904
- - Matters
  - 138 reviews
  - West Malling, Kent
  - 08 Apr 2009 at 10:02
- - 1
  - 0
  errrrrrrrrrr
  
  eeeeeeeer rubish no good its bad not worth explaning
  
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  - Cannock
  - 02 Jan 2009 at 15:40
- - 1
  - 0
  Putting the F in Art
  
  I make it a point of honour that I never bail out on films. I figure if I made it through Last Year at Marienbad (the sublime) and endured Tim Burton's ... read more »
  
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- 645001
- - Spectatorsoflife
  - 6 reviews
  - Hove
  - 16 Oct 2008 at 16:56
- - 2
  - 0
  It smells
  
  Honestly, this film was horrendous. What sort of person voluntary goes to hell and picks up a person and takes them back to earth and expects everything to be ... read more »
  
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- 623764
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  - London
  - 04 Sep 2008 at 01:50
- - 0
  - 0
  marebito
  
  I am a fan of Takashi Shimizu but this wasn't one of my favourites by him. It was interesting, but very slow burning, and sometimes the documentary style ... read more »
  
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- - Monkette
  - 55 reviews
  - Wolverhampton
  - 24 Aug 2008 at 14:47
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- - 11
  - 2
  Atmospheric Horror
  
  From the director of the Grudge this film successfully marries the atmospheric uncertainties of traditional Japanese horror movies with the mythic narratives of... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 289287
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - gothicHM
  - 32 reviews
  - Herts
  - 26 Sep 2006 at 14:18
- - 5
  - 3
  Slow Horror
  
  Takeshi Shmizus's atmospheric horror has some disturbing images and a sense of dread that runs throughout, but the pacing is a little slow. The moments of ... read more »
  
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- - drunkenmaster
  - 479 reviews
  - Merthyr Tydfil,
  - 10 Apr 2007 at 10:23
- - 3
  - 0
  glued to the screen
  
  This movie was so good I watched it twice in one evening. Well shot, directed and acted. The camera work was positively magnificent. What starts as a horror ... read more »
  
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- 385007
- - a customer
  - Herts, England
  - 15 Nov 2006 at 07:23
- - 2
  - 0
  Not as good as I expected
  
  I normally enjoy this type of film but sadly Marebito was too slow, not particularly scary and despite a good twist near the end it still left a lot to the ... read more »
  
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- - MJ
  - London
  - 29 Mar 2007 at 09:13
- - 2
  - 0
  Shimizu's masterpiece
  
  Japanese Horror has always been popular in the Western Hemisphere due to the alternative scare methods focused on psychologically damaging the viewer as opposed... read more »
  
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- - HumanHighway
  - 5 reviews
  - Bristol
  - 04 Sep 2007 at 07:36
- - 2
  - 0
  not really my cuppa-tea
  
  I didn't fully understand what the plot, meaning or point of this film was, and found it hard work to watch just as it wasn't really that compelling.read more »
  
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- 575352
- - EssexDal
  - 14 reviews
  - Chelmsford
  - 12 Jun 2008 at 13:24
- - 2
  - 0
  It smells
  
  Honestly, this film was horrendous. What sort of person voluntary goes to hell and picks up a person and takes them back to earth and expects everything to be ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 623764
- - a customer
  - London
  - 04 Sep 2008 at 01:50
- - 2
  - 0
  The horror... the horror...
  
  if you want a truly horror experience then here it is... enigmatic, mysterious, 'what the hell is going on','I don't get it'. The reviews ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 936665
- - Pawo
  - 12 reviews
  - Faringdon
  - 02 Nov 2010 at 22:18
- - 1
  - 0
  A curious, interesting oddity
  
  I was expecting this to be another J-horror rehash that we'd seen a million times before and has since gone stale, but found this to be quite an interesting... read more »
  
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- 574748
- - Selfy
  - 105 reviews
  - Newcastle upon Tyne
  - 11 Jun 2008 at 07:49
- - 1
  - 0
  Putting the F in Art
  
  I make it a point of honour that I never bail out on films. I figure if I made it through Last Year at Marienbad (the sublime) and endured Tim Burton's ... read more »
  
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- 645001
- - Spectatorsoflife
  - 6 reviews
  - Hove
  - 16 Oct 2008 at 16:56

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  Masuoka (Shinya Tsukamoto) is a cameraman possessed by the craving to understand fear. In particular, he obsesses over his footage of a grisly suicide in the subway. Returning to the scene to better comprehend the dead man's reasoning, he opens a doorway into a bizarre, cavernous underworld. Here ...