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The 8-Tomb Village

Original title: Yatsuhaka-mura
  • 19961996
  • 2h 6m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
103
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The 8-Tomb Village (1996)
Mystery
In a remake of a well-known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family. He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well-off family in Ok... Read allIn a remake of a well-known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family. He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well-off family in Okayama. This village is called Yatsuhakamura. This family has been there for four hundred y... Read allIn a remake of a well-known Japanese mystery, a man in Kobe does not have a family. He receives a visitor who is a researcher one day who has noticed that the man has a well-off family in Okayama. This village is called Yatsuhakamura. This family has been there for four hundred years. The man decides to visit his new-found family only for a series of murders to coinci... Read all
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
103
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    • Kon Ichikawa
    • Kon Ichikawa(screenplay)
    • Seishi Yokomizo(novel)
    • Ikuko Ôyabu(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Etsushi Toyokawa
    • Yûko Asano
    • Yu Ji Chin Ye
    • Kon Ichikawa
    • Kon Ichikawa(screenplay)
    • Seishi Yokomizo(novel)
    • Ikuko Ôyabu(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Etsushi Toyokawa
    • Yûko Asano
    • Yu Ji Chin Ye
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Etsushi Toyokawa
    Etsushi Toyokawa
    • Koichi Kindaichi
    Yûko Asano
    • Miyako Mori
    Yu Ji Chin Ye
    Hisashi Igawa
    Hisashi Igawa
    • Lawyer Suwa
    Renji Ishibashi
    Renji Ishibashi
    • Priest
    Saburô Ishikura
    • Tokunosuke
    Takeshi Katô
    Takeshi Katô
    • Detective Todoroki
    Ittoku Kishibe
    • Yozo, Hisaya and Shozaemon Tajimi (plays 3 parts)
    Kyôko Kishida
    Kyôko Kishida
    • Kotake and Koume Tajimi (plays 2 parts)
    Mai Kitajima
    • Noriko Satomura
    Akiji Kobayashi
    Akiji Kobayashi
    • Head of a factory
    Shigeru Kôyama
    • Doctor
    Hisako Manda
    • Haruyo Tajimi
    Kumeko Otowa
    Kayoko Shiraishi
    • Nun
    Kazuya Takahashi
    • Tatsuya Terada
    Shin Takuma
    Shin Takuma
    • Shintaro Satomura
    Tsuyoshi Ujiki
    • Sengoku, police
      • Kon Ichikawa
      • Kon Ichikawa(screenplay)
      • Seishi Yokomizo(novel)
      • Ikuko Ôyabu(screenplay)
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    6/10
    Ichikawa used to make them better
    Story based on the series of the untidy and always scratching detective Kindaichi Yousuke written by the revered master of suspense Yokomizo Seishi. 400 hundred years ago the inhabitants of the village of Yatsuhaka murdered 8 samurai rebels, whom they were actually helping to hide away, afraid of what the Shogunate would do to them. Before dying one the samurai puts a curse on the village. Strange things start to happen so the villagers decided to erect 8 graves for the murdered samurai to appease their anger. Then four hundred years later the head of Tajimi family and head of the village goes mad and starts killing almost everyone in the village. 25 years later his eldest son is poisoned. Kindaichi Yousuke detective is hired by the family?s lawyer as everyone in the village believes is the curse of the samurai again. The film looks great, fantastic dark and creepy interior shots in stunning locations. Filmed with the Ichikawa usual panache as the grained black & white shots at the beginning mixed with gushes of gaudy red blood. The cast is quite interesting. It includes two of my favourite Japanese actors: Renji Ishibashi and Ittoku Kishibe and some other familiar faces such as Kyôko Kishida (Woman of the Dunes) or Hisako Manda miss Japan 1978 and now NHK morning talk show presenter. But they don?t save the film from being quite dull and slow going; there is lack of tension and mystery. Etsushi Toyokawa?s unconvincing performance of the unkempt detective (he is far too pretty and cool) doesn?t help either. In fact the film looks like some sort of family entertainment movie with the exception of the extremely gory slaughter of the villagers worth of the Lone Wolf and Cub series, a fine touch from Ichikawa in a film which quite below his standard.
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      • October 26, 1996 (Japan)
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      • Japanese
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      • Fuji Television Network
      • Kadokawa Shoten Publishing Co.
      • Toho Company
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    • 2 hours 6 minutes
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