Hypnosis

Hypnosis (1999)

催眠

Drei Selbstmorde, die scheinbar nichts miteinander zu tun haben, passieren am selben Tag. Eine junge Sportlerin rennt so lange, bis ihre Unterschenkelknochen brechen und aus den Breinen herausragen. Ein junger Bräutigam erhängt sich vor der Hochzeitsgesellschaft mit seiner Krawatte. Und ein älterer Herr springt nach der Geburtstagsfeier seiner Frau aus dem Fenster. Der untersuchende Detektiv Sakurai steht vor einem Rätsel, denn bis auf die Tatsachen, daß keines der Opfer Grund hatte Selbstmord zu begehen, und das wohl jedes Opfer noch etwas von einem “grünen Affen” erzählt hatte, bevor es sich umbrachte, gibt es keinerlei Verbindungen. Weshalb er sich an den Psychologen Saga Toshiya wendet, der von Hypnose ausgeht.

Erscheinungsdatum
1999-06-05
TMDB
6.7 / 10 (23)
Laufzeit
1 Std. 46 Min.
Genres
Horror, Thriller
Regie
落合正幸

Besetzung

Wissenswertes

Saimin , also released as The Hypnotist in the United States on DVD, is a 1999 Japanese horror film. The film is directed by Masayuki Ochiai and is based on a novel by Keisuke Matsuoka. A string of suicides prove to be linked. The death of a young athlete, a groom at his wedding and an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. All three of these males have mentioned a "green monkey" before their death. The psychologist Saga, played by Goro Inagaki investigates this case. A young psychiatrist teams up with him to formulate the theory that includes the element of hypnosis.

Production

Saimin is based on a novel by Keisuke Matsuoka. It was part of a series of novels written by Matsuoka, that were inspired by the attacks of Aum Shinrikyo in Japan. Director Masayuki Ochiai reflected on the attacks, stating that after it happened, bookstores grew with larger sections for spiritual material, noting "Today there has been a shift toward science.

The opening scene of the film featuring a woman who works so hard her bones become exposed out of her skin was difficult to shoot. Ochiai stated that the makeup crew only built one prosthetic leg, and every time they shot it, something seemed wrong about it and had to wait each time for the make-up people to repair it, which took about 20 minutes. Ochiai recalled shooting the scene about 40 times.

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