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Over Your Dead Body

2014-08-23 Horror 1hr 35m

An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.

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An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.

  • Released
    2014-08-23
  • Revenue
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  • Budget
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  • Runtime
    1hr 35m
  • Genre
    Horror
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    日本語
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  • Production
    Celluloid Dreams, Sedic International, Kinoshita Group, Kôsuke, Shanghai Pengjin Entertainment Co., Toei Company, dentsu, OLM

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Takashi Miike
Director
Kikumi Yamagishi
Screenplay
Misako Saka
Producer
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Cast

Ichikawa Ebizo XI

Ichikawa Ebizo XI
Kousuke Hasegawa / Tamiya Iemon
Ko Shibasaki

Ko Shibasaki
Miyuki Goto / Oiwa
Hideaki Ito

Hideaki Ito
Jun Suzuki
Miho Nakanishi

Miho Nakanishi
Ume Ito / Rio Asahina
Maiko

Maiko
Toshie Negishi

Toshie Negishi
Hiroshi Katsuno

Hiroshi Katsuno
Ikko Furuya

Ikko Furuya
Hitomi Katayama

Hitomi Katayama
Kenichi Hagiwara

Kenichi Hagiwara
Koichi Sato

Koichi Sato
Toshiaki Karasawa

Toshiaki Karasawa

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A Review by EmkEyen 8

Written by EmkEyen on 2018-03-12

I don't know much about theatre in Japan, but I associate this movie to be similar to the the little Noh I have seen, even though the stage ... read more

I don't know much about theatre in Japan, but I associate this movie to be similar to the the little Noh I have seen, even though the stage play in center of the narrative is based on the play "Yotsuya Kaidan" from the later period of Kabuki theatre. Kuime takes you on a mesmerizing journey of two, if not three or more, parallel narratives where the on stage facilitates the backstage drama. The pacing is very restrained and timing for accents is crucial. Aesthetically it is very pleasing and has an interesting exposed re-use of the movie sets similar to the actors doing multiple roles and their stories being intertwined. Finally the horror elements are creeping and lead up to several gruesome conclusions. That said, I can see why it did not attract a western audience, as the pacing may be too slow for a western horror audience and the multilayered narrative is more common in the festival circuit. Personally I find that after the one and half hours of elegant theater, the twenty minutes or so finale was a bit crude and could have been worked through better. Still, I found myself very attentive throughout the movie, got affected by the horrific crescendos and maintained an interest for the artistic aspects as well. In conclusion, I'd consider it one of the better movies I have seen by Takashi Miike.

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A Review by Walruse

I don't know much about theatre in Japan, but I associate this movie to be similar to the the little Noh I have seen, even though the stage play in center of the narrative is based on the play "Yotsuya Kaidan" from the later period of Kabuk...

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A Review by EmkEyen 8

Written by EmkEyen on 2018-03-12

I don't know much about theatre in Japan, but I associate this movie to be similar to the the little Noh I have seen, even though the stage play in center of the narrative is based on the play "Yotsuy...

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