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Creepy

Creepy

A film by Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Kiyoshi Kurosawa, who made his name with classics Cure and Bright Future, gets back to his roots by putting the thumbscrews to the audience with his latest, Creepy. A year after a botched hostage negotiation with a serial killer turned deadly, ex-detective Koichi (Hidetoshi Nishijima), and his wife move into a new house with a deeply strange new neighbor (Teruyuki Kagawa). His old cop colleagues come calling for his help on a mysterious case, which may be related to the strange goings-on next door, in this insidiously-constructed narrative that braids plot twists on top of plot twists and shock on top of shock.

Year: 2016

Country: Japan

Runtime: 130 min

Color: Color

Language: Japanese

Subtitles: English

“As with Kurosawa’s brilliant “Cure,” “Pulse” and “Seance,” “Creepy” uses silence as a tool of terror, following its characters through long, tense scenes where everything’s a little too quiet, and where each creak sounds like a scream.”

- Los Angeles Times

“A spine-tingler about love and death, and the allure of mystery and its perils.”

- New York Times

“Creepy is as sublime as any prior Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.”

- Slant Magazine

"What's the opposite of a jump scare? Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has mastered it in the superb Creepy, revealing the upsetting details with such slow-build subtlety that you don’t notice your skin crawling until it’s halfway out the door.”

- Village Voice

“As with Kurosawa’s brilliant “Cure,” “Pulse” and “Seance,” “Creepy” uses silence as a tool of terror, following its characters through long, tense scenes where everything’s a little too quiet, and where each creak sounds like a scream.”

- Los Angeles Times

“A spine-tingler about love and death, and the allure of mystery and its perils.”

- New York Times

“Creepy is as sublime as any prior Kiyoshi Kurosawa film.”

- Slant Magazine

"What's the opposite of a jump scare? Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa has mastered it in the superb Creepy, revealing the upsetting details with such slow-build subtlety that you don’t notice your skin crawling until it’s halfway out the door.”

- Village Voice

Born on July 19th, 1955 in Hyogo Prefecture. Worked as an assistant director on Shinji SOMA’s Sailor Suit and Machine Gun in 1981 before going on to make his feature directorial debut with Kandagawa Wars in 1983. His 1997 film Cure drew international attention, receiving invitations from film festivals around the world. Subsequent features License to Live (1999) starring Hidetoshi NISHIJIMA won acclaimed both at home and abroad, and Pulse (2000) received the FIPRESCI prize at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Japan-Netherland-Hong Kong co-production Tokyo Sonata (2008) won the Jury Prize in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section. Recent works include Real (2013), selected for competition at the Locarno International Film Festival, and Seven Code (2013), winner of the Best Director Award at the Rome Film Festival. In 2015, his Journey to the Shore won Best Director in Cannes’ Un Certain Regard section.

 

1997 CURE
1999 LICENSE TO LIVE (BERLIN 1999 FORUM)
CHARISMA (CANNES 1999 DIRECTOR’S FORTNIGHT)
2001 PULSE ( CANNES 2001 FIPRESCI PRIZE UN CERTAIN REGARD)
2003 BRIGHT FUTURE (CANNES 2003 COMPETITION)
DOPPELGANGER
2005 LOFT
2008 TOKYO SONATA (CANNES 2008 JURY PRIZE UN CERTAIN REGARD)
2013 REAL (LOCARNO 2013 COMPETITION)
SEVEN CODE (ROME 2013)
2014 JOURNEY TO THE SHORE
(CANNES 2015 BEST DIRECTOR PRIZE UN CERTAIN REGARD)
2016 CREEPY (BERLIN 2016 BERLINALE SPECIAL GALA)

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