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1999

Kuroi ie

The Black House

黒い家

Release Date
November, 13th, 1999
Running Time
118 min
Genre
Horror , Feature
Color
Color
Screening Format
-

[ Directed by ]

[ Produced by ]

[ Cast ]

[ Staff ]

[ Distributor (Japan) ]

SHOCHIKU

[ Story ]

Kishi Yusuke's same-named novel adapted as a psychological horror film by director Morita Yoshimitsu and screenplay writer Omori Sumio, who also teamed up for Keiho.
Wakatsuki (Uchino Seiyo) works for a life insurance company in the ancient capital of Kanazawa, and one day he gets summoned to the home of a policy holder named Komoda Shigenori (Nishimura Masahiko). He discovers the corpse of Kazuya, who is Shigenori's beneficiary, and he gets hounded for the insurance payout by Shigenori and Kazuya's mother Sachiko (Otake Shinobu). Wakatsuki suspects fraud and launches his own investigation into the husband and wife.

[ Contact (International) ]

KADOKAWA CORPORATION
International Sales, Motion Picture Business

2-13-3 Fujimi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-8177
Rep: NATSUNO Takeshi (President)
Attn: MORI Chiyo
tel: +81 50 1746 1220
E-mail: mori-c@kadokawa.jp
http://www.kadokawa.co.jp

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