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Spiral (Uzumaki)
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The movie centers on the inhabitants of a small Japanese town who become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals. This abstract concept manifests in grotesque ways, such as a teenager's long hair beginning to curl and take over her mind, or a corpse wound around itself.
The movie centers on the inhabitants of a small Japanese town who become increasingly obsessed with and tormented by spirals. This abstract concept manifests in grotesque ways, such as a teenager's long hair beginning to curl and take over her mind, or a corpse wound around itself.
Actors:
Sadao Abe,
Hassei Takano,
Fhi Fan,
Maki Hamada,
Yasuki Tanaka,
Asumi Miwa,
Ren Ôsugi,
Toru Tezuka,
Denden,
Eriko Hatsune,
Eun-Kyung Shin,
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Sadao Abe
23 April 1970, Chiba, Japan
Hassei Takano
9 January 1978, Chiba, Japan
Fhi Fan
Maki Hamada
23 September 1974, Tokyo, Japan
Yasuki Tanaka
Asumi Miwa
12 March 1982, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
Ren Ôsugi
27 September 1951, Tokushima, Japan
Toru Tezuka
1962
Denden
23 January 1950, Fukuoka, Japan
Eriko Hatsune
24 March 1982, Tokyo, Japan
Eun-Kyung Shin
15 February 1973, Seoul, South Korea
Director:
Higuchinsky
Higuchinsky
27 February 1969, Ukraine
Country:
Japan
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September 09, 2002
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Adapted from a horror comic by Junji Ito, this debut feature from Japanese music-video director Higuchinsky begins eerily but doesn't take long to descend into silliness.
August 26, 2002
Eerie and slimy enough to give Tim Burton nightmares, Uzumaki is a superb piece of fantasy cinema.
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May 01, 2002
At some point, all this visual trickery stops being clever and devolves into flashy, vaguely silly overkill.
November 03, 2002
Special effects can be tastefully managed even on a shoestring budget, but here they are merely ludicrous.
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A brilliant horror film with an original idea and style to spare.
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Pic duly places less emphasis on narrative than on the sort of surreal set pieces that might have worked better in the graphic-novel form.
July 12, 2002
Required viewing for horror fans, Japanese-cult-cinema fans, and anyone who digs settling in for an unsettling David Lynch evening.
January 15, 2004
Mostly the film creates an infectious feeling of apprehension that slowly crawls up your spine.
Chicago Tribune
October 03, 2002
Gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it's not clear whether we're supposed to shriek or laugh.
Rue Morgue Magazine
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'Uzumaki is a masterfully rendered living portrait of warped, apocalyptic art...'
Hollywood Reporter
May 15, 2002
Ultimately the, yes, snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary, like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok.

