While I wait patiently for Arrow to release Kairo (Pulse) on Blu-ray, Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest genre offering is getting a U.S. release thanks to KimStim Films.
Kurosawa returns to the suspense/thriller genre with Creepy, the “supremely enthralling and thrilling adaptation” of Yutaka Maekawa’s mystery novel.
Screened to acclaim at The 2016 Berlin International film Festival, Creepy has a superb Japanese cast: Hidetoshi Nishijima (License to Live), Yuko Takeuchi (The Ring) and Teruyuki Kagawa (Tokyo Sonata) and will open Friday, October 21 in New York The Metrograph (7 Ludlow Street); in Los Angeles at The Laemmle Ahrya Fine Arts (8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills); and in San Francisco at The Roxie (3117 16th St. in Mission District) and platform wider (VOD) throughout November from KimStim Films.
After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, criminal psychologist and former police detective Takakura (Nishijima) quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer. But his desire to get to the bottom of criminals’ motives remains, and he does not hesitate long when former colleague Nogami (Higashide) asks him to reopen an old case.
Six years ago, a family disappeared under mysterious circumstances and to this day no body has been found. While Takakura immerses himself in the old files, his wife Yasuko (Yuko Takeuchi) introduces herself to their new next-door neighbors with little gifts. In the process, she meets the mysterious Mr Nishino (Kagawa) who attempts to shield himself and his family from everyone else. Takakura senses something odd about them. Then he is approached by the Nishinos’ daughter Mio (Ryoko Fujino), whose shocking whispered confession shatters the serenity of his new life: ‘That man in my house is not my father… He’s a total stranger.’ Past and present suddenly become entangled and unraveling them becomes a life-threatening task for Takakura.
