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Release Date:
March 19, 2005
Original Title:
ズー
Alternate Titles:
SO-far
Seven Rooms
The Poem of Collected Sunlight
Genres:
Animation | Horror
Production Countries:
Japan
Ratings / Certifications:
N/A
Runtime: 119
Five different directors adapt the works of Japanese author Otsuichi in this collection of unconventional live-action and animated shorts. A woman is murdered under odd circumstances in the title film, "Zoo"; twin sisters are treated differently in "Kazari and Yoko"; two siblings find themselves trapped in "Seven Rooms"; a survivor learns about life and death in "When the Sun Shines"; and parents lose the ability to see each other in "So Far."
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Comic Book:
Otsuichi
Director:
Jumpei Mizusaki
Komiya Masatetsu
Hiroshi Ando
Masaki Adachi
Ryu Kaneda
Screenplay:
Usamaru Furuya
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