Nijiotoko

1949 [JAPANESE]

Action / Fantasy / Horror / Mystery / Thriller

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IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 122 122

Plot summary

When a young woman is named as the prime suspect in a murder, her girlfriend and her girlfriend's boyfriend set out to prove her innocence. Their investigation leads them to an isolated, creepy house in the middle of nowhere, where sinister goings-on abound.

Director

Kiyohiko Ushihara Photo
Kiyohiko Ushihara

Top cast

Kenjirô Uemura Photo
Kenjirô Uemura as Katsundo Maya
Keiju Kobayashi Photo
Keiju Kobayashi as Ryôsuke Akashi
Yoshirô Kitahara Photo
Yoshirô Kitahara as Yamamoto - News Cameraman
Susumu Atsumi Photo
Susumu Atsumi as Nishizawa
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740.14 MB
962*720
Japanese 2.0
NR
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23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 1
1.34 GB
1440*1078
Japanese 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
1 hr 20 min
Seeds 2

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by kevin_robbins 7 / 10

This is a unique picture that's worth your time if you're looking for something different

Nijiotoko(1949) is a Japanese movie that I recently watched on a random streaming site. The storyline follows a family with a long history of being haunted and misfortunes. When a woman is murdered in the forest a young lady is listed as a prime suspect. The young lady and her friends will try to prove the haunted forest around the haunted family is responsible and prove the girl's innocence.This movie is directed by Kiyohiko Ushihara (Shingun) and stars Manabu Morita (The Tale of Zatoichi), Kenjirô Uemura (The Quiet Duel), Kumeko Urabe (House of Many Pleasures) and Keiju Kobayashi (Sanjuro).This movie does a good job of being methodical and relying on its writing to carry the storyline. There's a constant mystery on if there's ghosts or not the entire film. The characters and circumstances are interesting, unique and unpredictable. The cinematography is beautiful, especially the train scenes, and there's solid creepy background music through the entire film. The are limited horror elements and this felt more like a murder/mystery to me; although, I will say I loved the conclusion.Overall, this is a unique picture that's worth your time if you're looking for something different. I would score this a 6.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.
Reviewed by boblipton 6 / 10

Interesting But Odd Enough To Be Obscure

A newspaperwoman tries to prove her friend didn't kill her uncle at his home and cover it up by setting the place on fire. As the police investigate, they discover a family obsessed by rainbows, and the threat of a 'rainbow man' who makes weird things happen.It's director Kiyohiko Ushihara's first movie after a 12-year layoff during the Second World War, and his last fiction film - he directed a documentary that was released in 1958. This one combines Old Dark House tropes, as well as the sort of scientific bafflegab that would become a standard of science fiction movies, as well as drug use. I found this film to be interesting in its handling and inventive in its camerawork, but there's something off about its pacing that I can't be sure is intended to complement its themes.
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