Tomie [DVD]

Tomie is a compelling story about this "demon" girl that makes men go mad with jealousy over her. I am one of the unfortunate people who have not read the Manga comics, but watching the movie made me an instant fan. I have become a huge fan. Though not scary, this horror movie is more of a suspense and mystery movie. Not much horror at all, but it's a different story with the sequels. Everyone talks about the theme song to the movie, and I have to agree, it's one of the best theme songs for any horror movie I have ever heard, it's very memorable. It's as memorable as the theme from Halloween.This movie is awesome, but don't watch it if you want to see a movie that will scare your pants off, because not matter how good this movie is, it's not scary. The sequels, on the other hand, are more horror oriented and you know you're watching a horror movie. If you want a thought provoking, intelligent movie, this is for you. Unfortunately, because the people who made the movie assume you have read the comics, you will walk away from the movie confused at some parts. It's a 100% guarantee that if you haven't read the comics, you will have some confusion. The movie asks so many questions, but gives so few answers. Despite the confusion, the movie still comes off as a great movie. This is for anyone who loves Japanese movies. If you're like me, you will become an instant fan of the film series. I love it!

An odd movie, from the description provided I was expecting a nifty little horror movie. What I watched was anything but a horror movie. In fact, it barely registered as supernatural. Yes, a head was involved, carried in a grocery bag, but that alone wasn't enough to provide any thrills or chills. The head soon became a girl, the girl became a pest, and a few people died off-screen. It was all pretty ho-hum. Things were suggested, not shown. I suppose you could say it was dark and moody, but that was due to poor lighting conditions rather than an active attempt to create a purposeful atmosphere. As a menacing demon, all this weird girl did was giggle a lot and tease people. She seemed pretty average as ancient teens go, so I'm not quite certain where the danger was supposed to come into play. She yapped and waggled a bug in a girl's face, hardly the stuff of nightmares. In fact, when her face was finally revealed, it proved to be unflatteringly normal. I was not impressed, frightened, or moved to order any of the other movies in this series.Instantly forgettable.

A truly great jHorror picture! Tomie is a killer, inspired character . . . The Fx are pretty good too, amazingly. I really liked the sequence where the fellow had a piece of Tomie in a box and she was regenerating over time: well shot sequence!

Movie was weird not scary at all only thing that is worth remembering is catchy song lol

I am extremely unhappy with this purchase because they sent me the wrong film. What I received was not the same as the picture or the description of the film.

Manga creator Junji Ito grew up in a house where he was afraid to go to the bathroom, as it was at the end of a long underground tunnel filled with water crickets. While working as a dental technician, he was drawing at night and submitted a story to a magazine called Monthly Halloween that would become Tomie. The story was inspired by the death of a classmate, which Ito felt was odd that the boy just disappeared from the world. So he came up with the idea of a girl who died but just came back as if nothing has happened.Director Ataru Oikawa didn’t want to make the movie version to be filled with gore, but more of a horrific youth drama. He still sought out Ito’s approval, taking parts from the original “Photograph” and “Kiss” stories and even had the creator’s approval for the casting of Miho Kanno as Tomie.The police are looking into the murder of Tomie, a high school girl, which was followed over the next three years by the suicide or insanity of nine other students and a teacher. Soon, the detective assigned to the case learns that Tomie has been murdered and reborn in Gifu since the 1960’s, just as Japan joined the industrial era.A classmate of Tomie, Tsukiko Izumisawa, can’t remember the three months around her friend’s murder. And oh yeah — her neighbor is nursing a strange baby that soon grows into another Tomie, which seduces Tsukiko’s boyfriend before attacking her at her therapist’s office by shoving cockroaches down her mouth. So our protagonist’s boyfriend does what any of us would do — he cuts the head off Tomie and takes Tsukiko to bury the body in the woods, which of course backfires. Tomie reappears and kisses Tsukiko full on the lips, who responds by setting her on fire.That said, a few months later, Tsukiko begins to realize that she is becoming Tomie herself.While not a horror movie, this certainly is a strange movie. For some reason, in the glut of Japanese horror that was badly remade in the U.S., this series never showed up. I would assume that’s because there’s no easy hook to grab on to.

Tomie is a schoolgirl who has the good fortune to be killed, over and over again. Why good fortune? Because she's really a demon in disguise, and with each death she multiplies and sends men to Hell. This first installment in the Tomie series tells of Tomie and Tsukiko, best friends at school until something happens that leaves Tomie missing and Tsukiko with strange dreams, but no memory. As Tomie regains her former powers, regrown from her severed head, she creeps closer and closer to Tsukiko and the truth of what happened. Tomie is a cult hero, a feminist nightmare--an evil demon who uses femininity to send men to Hell and spread the feminine mystique. The movies bring lots of men out, too, to see the beautiful Tomie--perhaps there is some truth to the tale?The full Tomie story is not covered in any one installment; I suggest that you follow Tomie with Tomie: Another Face for more insight into Tomie's origins and purpose.

Ich bin ein Fan von asiatischer Filmkunst, sei es nun The Ring, A Tale of Two Sisters oder Dark Water. Also dachte ich mir, dass man mit Tomie nichts falsch machen könnte. Weit gefehlt. Wenn Tomie atmosphärischer Horror sein soll, dann ist Schneewittchen und die sieben Zwerge ein Porno.Ich hab mich selten so gelangweilt wie bei diesem Film. Ich musste mich immer wieder beherrschen, nicht auszuschalten. Die Szenerie ist nicht wirklich zusammenhängend - und wenn man nicht weiß, wie man die Zeit zwischen zwei Dialogen füllen soll, zündet sich eben Charakter A eine Zigarette an, woraufhin Charakter B fragt, ob er auch eine haben könnte.Es sind ein paar wenige "brutale" Szenen vorhanden, z.B. wenn der Restaurantbesitzer von der Polizei gefunden wird und dabei einen Regenschirm durch den Mund gerammt hat, welcher durch den Hinterkopf rausragt. Hier hätte man "Situationskomik" einbauen können, indem der Regenschirm aufklappt und den Schädel zerbersten lässt.Die Handlung selbst wäre nicht Mal schlecht - die Umsetzung allerdings ist grottenschlecht.

Ich hatte mir sehr viel von diesem Film erhofft,aber leider versteht man von Anfang an leidernicht so wirklich worum es geht.Die deutsche Synchronisation ist fürchterlich und Schockomente gibtes leider keine. Ich gebe aber zwei Sterne, weil der Grundgedankenicht all zu schlecht war.

どんな男も虜にしてしまう魔性の美少女、富江。どの男も愛しすぎて最後には彼女を殺してしまう。しかし、彼女は殺されても殺されても必ず甦ってくる。そして、彼女は明治の時代からすでに生きていてずっとその姿のままなのだ。。。。また今日もたぶらかされる男たち・・・・。大体の基本ストーリーがこんなところです。話だけ聞くと全く荒唐無稽でバカバカしいような話だが、映像として見てみると結構怖いし、面白い話になっている。しかも当の「化け物」本人は直接誰も殺さない!!それが本当に変った話しだなぁ〜と思います。菅野美穂の演技力による部分が大きいのだが、長くｼﾘｰｽﾞ化されていることから分かるようにとにかく楽しめるホラーである。