Haze (2005 film)

2005 Japanese film
  • October 1, 2005 (2005-10-01) (US)
  • March 4, 2006 (2006-03-04) (Japan)
Running time
49 minutesCountryJapanLanguageJapanese

Haze (ＨＡＺＥ ヘイズ) is a 2005 Japanese mystery horror film written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto who also stars in the movie. After appearances at several international festivals in 2005, the film debuted theatrically in Japan on March 4, 2006.[1] Two versions of the film exist: the original release, a short 25-minute version; and what Director Tsukamoto titled the "Long Version", which runs 49 minutes.[2]

Plot

A man wakes up in a small concrete space bleeding from the abdomen. He can barely move and has no recollection of why or how he came to be there. Crawling forward, he eventually meets a woman and they try to piece together their past lives.

Cast

  • Shinya Tsukamoto
  • Kaori Fujii (藤井かほり)
  • Takahiro Murase (村瀬貴洋)
  • Takahiro Kandaka (神高貴宏)
  • Masato Tsujioka
  • Mao Saito (さいとう真央)

Reception

Keith Uhlich from Slant Magazine awarded the film three and a half out of four stars, writing, "Many directors would no doubt take a god’s-eye perspective of Haze's hero, but Tsukamoto favors an intimate camera style that offsets the genre film sturm und drang and grounds his movie in a terrifyingly mortal perspective."[3] Niina Doherty from HorrorNews.net gave the film a positive review, praising the film's claustrophobic atmosphere, sound design, and cinematography.[4]

References

  1. ^ ＨＡＺＥ ヘイズ (in Japanese). AllCinema. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
  2. ^ "Twitch Film". Archived from the original on 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2012-07-13.
  3. ^ Uhlich, Keith (22 September 2005). "Review: Haze - Slant Magazine". SlantMagazine.com. Keith Uhlich. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  4. ^ Doherty, Niina (14 December 2005). "Film Review: Haze (2005)". HorrorNews.net. Niina Doherty. Retrieved 7 August 2019.
  • "Haze" (in Japanese). Official Site. Archived from the original on 2010-06-27.
  • Haze at AllMovie
  • Haze at IMDb
  • Haze at Rotten Tomatoes
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Films directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
1980s
  • Tetsuo: The Iron Man (1989)
1990s
  • Hiruko the Goblin (1991)
  • Tetsuo II: Body Hammer (1992)
  • Tokyo Fist (1995)
  • Bullet Ballet (1998)
  • Gemini (1999)
2000s
  • A Snake of June (2002)
  • Vital (2004)
  • Haze (2005)
  • Female ("Tamamushi" segment, 2005)
  • Nightmare Detective (2006)
  • Nightmare Detective 2 (2008)
  • Tetsuo: The Bullet Man (2009)
2010s
  • Kotoko (2011)
  • Fires on the Plain (2014)
  • Killing (2018)
  • Shadow of Fire (2023)


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