World Apartment Horror
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Directed by | Katsuhiro Otomo |
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Story by | Satoshi Kon |
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Starring | Hiroki Tanaka |
Cinematography | Noboru Shinoda |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | Japan |
Language | Japanese |
World Apartment Horror (ワールド・アパートメント・ホラー, Wārudo apātomento horā) is a 1991 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, with a screenplay by Otomo and Keiko Nobumoto from a story by Satoshi Kon.[1] The film stars Sabu (credited as Hiroki Tanaka) as a yakuza henchman who encounters the language barrier and evil spirits in his attempts to evict a Tokyo apartment full of foreigners.
Sabu received the Best New Actor Award at the Yokohama Film Festival in 1992.[2][3] A manga adaptation by Kon was published by Kodansha, under the same title, on August 1, 1991.[2][4][5]
References[]
- ^ Gerow, Aaron. "Recognizing 'Others' in a New Japanese Cinema." January 2002. Japan Foundation Newsletter, The. [1]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Osmond, Andrew (September 30, 2009). Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist. Berkeley, California: Stonebridge Press. pp. 17, 60. ISBN 978-1933330747. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "2008 Projects". Asian Project Market. Busan International Film Festival. 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ Kon, Satoshi (June 16, 2011). 今敏アニメ全仕事 [Kon Satoshi Animation All of the Works] (in Japanese). Tokyo: G.B. p. 73. ISBN 978-4901841948. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ Kon, Satoshi (August 1, 1991). ワールド・アパートメントホラー [World Apartment Horror] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-313241-0. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
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Categories:
- 1991 films
- Japanese-language films
- Japanese films
- Films directed by Katsuhiro Otomo
- Yakuza films
- 1990s Japanese film stubs