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Akumu tantei (Nightmare Detective) (2006)

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Release Date: Oct 14, 2006 Wide

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Visionary Japanese director Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man) returns to the helm with this bleak tale of a supernaturally gifted serial killer with the power to enter his victim's dreams, and the mysterious "Nightmare Detective" who provides the only hope of loosening the maniac's murderous grip on dreamland. Detective Keiko Kirishima (Hitomi) was an academic criminologist whose interest in detective work soon found her gravitating into homicide fieldwork. Upon being assigned to

Unrated, 1 hr. 46 min.

Mystery & Suspense, Horror

Directed By: Shinya Tsukamoto

Written By: Shinya Tsukamoto

In Theaters: Oct 14, 2006 Wide

On DVD: Feb 19, 2008

Cast

Ryuhei Matsuda
Kyoichi Kagenuma
Reiko Hitomi
Detective Keiko Kirishi...
Masanobu Ando
Detective Wakayama
Ren Ohsugi
Detective Sekiya
Shinya Tsukamoto
Zero
Yoshio Harada

Critic Reviews for Akumu tantei (Nightmare Detective)

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...cement[s] Tsukomoto's status as one of the most egregiously untalented and flat-out worthless filmmakers around...

June 1, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews

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David Nusair

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Possivelmente o trabalho mais "acess�vel" de Tsukamoto, � tamb�m um dos piores, surgindo como uma c�pia sem inspira��o de tantos outros exemplares da recente onda do terror japon�s.

March 15, 2008 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

An Asian combination platter of Dreamscape, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and just about every technology-obsessed J-horror flick you can think of.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: FEARnet

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Scott Weinberg

FEARnet

Shinya Tsukamoto... moves into the more traditional J-horror currents of madness without the dark humor or wicked twists of his earlier films.

February 28, 2008 Full Review Source: MSN.com

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Sean Axmaker

MSN.com

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Another Film From Dimension Extreme, and like all the others I've watched from this company its EXTRME. This is a film from Japan and its the Japanese Freddy Krueger movie, fall a sleep and you commit suicide, and a female detective is after Zero the man who reaches people on a cell phone causing them to die. All in

July 25, 2010

Bruce Bruce

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I love Japanese horror movie like Ring... and this wasn't in the same class! Nightmare Detective ( 悪夢探偵, Akumu Tantei) is a real slasher directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and starring Ryuhei Matsuda and Hitomi. Masanobu Ando and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the

July 30, 2011