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Another Heaven

R 2000 2h 12m Horror Mystery & Thriller List
Reviews 60% Audience Score 250+ Ratings In Tokyo, police Detective Manabu (Yosuke Eguchi) makes a disturbing discovery during a homicide investigation: the murderer cut open his victim's skull and made a stew with his brains. As Manabu continues his investigation with his partner on the case, police Detective Tobitaka (Yoshio Harada), more victims are found, all killed in a similar fashion. This is no ordinary serial killer, but tracking down the suspect is more difficult than anticipated as the detectives become personally involved. Read More Read Less

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Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com Rated: 3/5 Aug 4, 2005 Full Review Christopher Null Filmcritic.com Rated: 2.5/5 Dec 31, 2003 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member Tough old cop Inspector Tobitaga (Yoshio Harada) and young Inspector Manabu (Yosuke Eguchi) are on the case of brutal murders that start with a missing brain being found boiling in a stew and everything just gets weirder from there, because the killer can change bodies, so he or she can be anyone. It's a great idea — see The Hidden and Fallen — and this would be a much better movie with some trimming. I mean, 130 minutes is a long time and I apologize for my attention span, but I wanted a little more. That said, the call girl killer for the first half of the film is quite sinister, packing plenty of murderous intensity into her small size. Between this and Audition, I imagine that Western boys who are obsessed with Japanese girls will always have horrible death in the back of their heads. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/06/23 Full Review Audience Member Storyline was so-so but the acting and directing definitely made up for it. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/17/23 Full Review Audience Member Actually I think the story worked... until the middle. However, once again, Japanese movies love to drag till you lost all your patience. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/04/23 Full Review Audience Member Above-average supernatural horror detective thriller. It was twisted, it was bizarre, and it was entertaining as hell. I recommend it! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/11/23 Full Review Audience Member Interesting Japanese horror movie about a killer that moves between host bodies and carries out gruesome murders. Bit of a cop out ending though. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 01/20/23 Full Review Audience Member This highly enjoyable Japanese horror is successful not only in avoiding everything you'd expect to see in the genre, but also in making good use of ideas that destroyed other flicks. I'd develop this idea further, but the less you know about the plot, the better. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 02/25/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis In Tokyo, police Detective Manabu (Yosuke Eguchi) makes a disturbing discovery during a homicide investigation: the murderer cut open his victim's skull and made a stew with his brains. As Manabu continues his investigation with his partner on the case, police Detective Tobitaka (Yoshio Harada), more victims are found, all killed in a similar fashion. This is no ordinary serial killer, but tracking down the suspect is more difficult than anticipated as the detectives become personally involved.
Director
Joji Iida
Screenwriter
Joji Iida
Production Co
Shochiku
Rating
R
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
Japanese
Runtime
2h 12m