Tomie

Tomie (1998)

富江

Tomie Will Not Die.

Following some trauma in her past that has since been repressed, a young woman is trying to recover her memories with the help of a psychiatrist. During her hypnosis sessions, she repeats the name "Tomie" but is unable to recall where she knows it from. Meanwhile, a police detective is investigating a string of brutal murders, where he also runs across the name "Tomie." How are the two connected?

Date of release
1998-10-06
TMDB
5.3 / 10 (89)
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Director
Ataru Oikawa
Collection
Tomie Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Tomie

Tomie is a 1998 Japanese horror film directed by Ataru Oikawa. It is the first film in the Tomie film series, based on a manga of the same name by Junji Ito.

Production

Director and screenwriter Ataru Oikawa was an admirer of Junji Ito's original Tomie manga, describing it as a "fairy tale in bad taste". Rather than reproduce the manga's graphic violence directly, Oikawa sought to make the film more closely resemble a youth drama while retaining its supernatural elements.

Oikawa later recalled that Tomie was both his first manga adaptation and the first screen adaptation of Ito's work. He repeatedly sent versions of the screenplay to Ito for consultation, discussing details including the position of Tomie's distinctive beauty mark. Ito also recommended Miho Kanno for the title role.

The screenplay incorporates characters and situations from Ito's stories "Photograph" and "Kiss", while functioning partly as a continuation of events established in the manga. The film was photographed on Super 16 mm and subsequently blown up for theatrical exhibition.

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