Henge

Henge (2011)

へんげ

A young couple's lives take a turn for the worse after a mysterious attack on the husband leaves him suffering from some bizarre after effects.

Date of release
2011-09-17
TMDB
4.6 / 10 (14)
Runtime
54m
Genres
Horror
Director
Hajime Ohata

Casting

Interesting facts

Henge is a 2012 Japanese horror film directed by Ohata Hajime. It was screened at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival and the San Diego Asian Film Festival.

Production

Henge is the film debut of director Ohata Hajime. The director uses "the limits of love" as the film's theme. He also described the film as simply being for entertainment. While the film did not receive any awards at the Yubari International Fantastic Film Festival, Twitch Film reported that the film was heavily talked about.

The film was advertised with a trailer that shows scenes of people in terror with "driving, slashing music" to go along with it. Mark Schilling, of The Japan Times said that the trailer is "a minor work of art". Todd Brown, of Twitch Film, said, "The trailer below gives a good taste of what lies within Ohata's debut, a dark love story about a married couple weathering the bizarre transformation of the husband".

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