Occult (film)
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Cinematography | Kōji Shiraishi |
Edited by | Kōji Shiraishi |
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Running time | 110 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
Occult (オカルト, Okaruto) is a 2009
Plot
This section consists almost entirely of a plot summary. (March 2017) |
In 2005, a man named Ken Matsuki killed two people and injured a third in a
Shiraishi's crew comes to be repulsed by Eno, especially since they think that he will follow Matsuki's path of mass murder. From Matsuki's father, the crew learns that Eno's symbol resembles the birthmark possessed by Matsuki since childhood. Their search brings them to Kutoro Rock (九頭呂岩, literally "Nine-Headed Spine Rock"), a formation at the peak of Mount Ohiruyama, where Shiraishi had a bizarre experience the same day as the mass stabbing in which leeches appeared on his leg. There, the crew finds a stone with Matsuki and Eno's petroglyph symbols inscribed on it. According to horror film director Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Kutoro Rock was dedicated to Hiruko, a Japanese god with the form of a leech. Meanwhile, the film Eno shoots following his daily routine reveals that the "UFOs" he sees are, in fact, leech-like apparitions that appear in the skies above Tokyo.
Shiraishi takes Eno to a restaurant to get him to talk openly about what the voices tell him to do. Drunk and relaxed, Eno reveals that he has been saving ¥700,000 to build a bomb so he can commit a
21 years later, Shiraishi is released from prison and reunites with his producer. They return to the restaurant, where Eno's camera and the ¥100 coin fall from the ceiling. The footage inside the camera shows Eno and his victims being tormented by leech and
See also
- The Curse (2005), another "found footage" mockumentaryby the same director
- Shirome(2010), another "found footage" mockumentary by the same director
- Chō Akunin (2011), another "found footage" film by the same director
References
- ^ 3:AM Magazine, "If You Want Blood (You’ve Got It): An Interview with Koji Shiraishi," by David F. Hoenigman (November 29th, 2009 - retrieved on September 23rd, 2011).
External links
- Occult at IMDb