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Doppelganger

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Doppelganger (2003)

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Reviews Counted: 9

Fresh: 5

Rotten:4

Average Rating: 5.7/10

Runtime: 1 hr 47 mins

Genre: Foreign Films

Synopsis: Mixing horror with black comedy, DOPPELGANGER marks the sixth time director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and actor Koji Yakusho have worked together. Yakusho stars as mild-mannered scientist Hayasaki Michio,... Mixing horror with black comedy, DOPPELGANGER marks the sixth time director Kiyoshi Kurosawa and actor Koji Yakusho have worked together. Yakusho stars as mild-mannered scientist Hayasaki Michio, whose entire life is thrown into disarray when a man identical in appearance but opposite in personality enters his life. The main thought on Michio's mind, however, is an ancient tale that claims an encounter with a doppelganger signifies that death is imminent. Michio must now balance the terror he feels over the prospect of his demise, with the day-to-day difficulties of dealing with his insistent and ever-present twin. Kurosawa inventively uses split screens and other formal techniques to explore the themes of personality and duality in DOPPELGANGER. [More]

Starring: Koji Yakusho, Hiromi Nagasaku

Starring: Koji Yakusho, Hiromi Nagasaku

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Director: Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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...an interminable experience...

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04/02/05
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

One Japanese movie we probably won't be seeing remade in English anytime soon.

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01/25/05
Edward Douglas
ComingSoon.net

Don't see it once, let alone twice!

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01/24/05
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com

tweaks the genre and the audience’s expectations, subtly changing from a quietly effective horror film into a slick satire on modern life. And that is no less scary

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01/24/05
Andrea Chase
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01/13/05
Christopher Null
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A mildly intriguing, if slight, entertainment.

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07/28/04
Sura Wood
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Koji Yakusho delivers a wonderfully droll dual performance, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa uses split-screen effects brilliantly.

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07/11/04
Josh Ralske
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06/06/04
Jeremy Heilman
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Rarely does a genre derailment end up this well -- switches gears from being a moody (and derivative) horror film to an exuberantly funny dark comedy.

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05/10/04
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