Uzumaki (film)
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Uzumaki |
| Original title | Uzumaki |
| Country of production | Japan |
| original language | Japanese |
| Publishing year | 2000 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 16 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Higuchinsky |
| script |
Takao Nitta Chika Yasuo |
| production |
Sumiji Miyake Dai Miyazaki Mitsuru Kurosawa Toyoyuki Yokohama |
| music |
Tetsuro Kashibuchi Keiichi Suzuki |
| camera | Gen Kobayashi |
| occupation | |
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Uzumaki ( Japanese 渦 巻 ; dt. Spiral ), also known under the reference title Uzumaki - Out of this world , is a Japanese feature film from 2000 based on the manga series Uzumaki - Spiral Into Horror by Junji Itō . The horror film was directed by Higuchinsky and the script was written by Takao Nitta and Chika Yasuo .
action
In the small Japanese town of Kurouzu ( 黒 渦 ; literally: "black vortex") lives the student Kirie, who is hit by a mysterious wind. Only gradually does Kirie notice mysterious changes in the place. Her best friend's father develops an obsession with IUDs. He films everything that looks like spirals, collects or steals all spiral objects and yells at his wife when the spiral food runs out.
Meanwhile, a student appears covered with slime in class, another falls through the stairwell and lies dead on a spiral floor, while the head of hair of a student grows and spins. The mentioned father locks himself in the clothes dryer and is found as a dead spiral - his wife then develops a spiral phobia and gets rid of her spiral body parts.
A journalist tries to find out the causes of the changes and comes across a legend in connection with a dragon or worm that is said to live in the lake on which the village is located - but before he finds out more, he too dies. As all the protagonists increasingly die, the perspective changes - so far it was largely Kirie's point of view: reporters who have traveled to the city finally report how all residents either die as spirals or turn into snails and crawl up houses.
Background to the plot
Because the film was shot before the manga was fully completed, the comic and film have different endings.
Director Higuchinsky refrains from explicitly explaining why evil had broken into the small village. It comes slowly and destroys all residents - even in the end the causes remain unknown apart from a few hints during the journalist's research. At the beginning and the end, Kirie reports that strange things are going on in town. The event itself becomes a spiral and is likely to repeat itself over and over again.
Production and publication
The film was made at Studio Omega Micott and was the film debut for director Higuchinsky (Akihiro Higuchi). Responsible producers were Sumiji Miyake , Dai Miyazaki , Mitsuru Kurosawa and Toyoyuki Yokohama . Gen Kobayashi was in charge of the camera. The title song "Raven" comes from the band Do As Infinity and the music comes from Keiichi Suzuki and Tetsurō Kashibuchi. Uzumaki opened in Japanese theaters on February 11, 2000.
The film was released in German on September 13, 2001 by Rapid Eye Movies and was released on DVD on November 22, 2004. In Hong Kong the film was released under the title "Vortex".
reception
In the magazine AnimaniA , the film was described as a successful implementation of the Manga template, which can preserve the eerie atmosphere of the template by being staged in the constant semi-darkness. The main actress Eriko Hatsune, who was seen for the first time in a leading role and a movie, often speaks monotonously and gesticulates too much. Nevertheless, these weaknesses help to reinforce the semi-unreal atmosphere.
Web links
- Uzumaki in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ AnimaniA 4/2001, p. 69.