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
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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Reviews for Doppelganger
One Japanese movie we probably won't be seeing remade in English anytime soon.
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.
Koji Yakusho delivers a wonderfully droll dual performance, and Kiyoshi Kurosawa uses split-screen effects brilliantly.
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