Tokyo Ghoul

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Tokyo Ghoul

Released Sep 16, 2019

1h 59m

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Horror

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A college student is attacked by a ghoul, a being that feeds on human flesh. He later receives an organ transplant from the ghoul, becoming part monster himself.

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Richard Kuipers

Variety

Stylishly decorated and generating all-important sympathy for a character living precariously in two worlds, director Kentaro Hagiwara's feature debut gets the drama right but is let down by visual effects that are sometimes unconvincing.

Aug 1, 2017

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Drew Dietsch

FANDOM

It falls victim to a few anime adaptation woes but nothing damning.

Rated: 3/5

Dec 29, 2021

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James Mudge

easternKicks.com

Still, though flawed, there's a lot to like about Tokyo Ghoul, and it's easily one of the better films in the never-ending stream of manga adaptations

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 24, 2020

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Panos Kotzathanasis

Asian Movie Pulse

"Tokyo Ghoul" is a competent adaptation that benefits much from the original material and its acting, and I would love to see how a bigger budget would be implemented in the action scenes of the (bound to come) sequels.

Apr 13, 2020

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Yago García

Cinemanía (Spain)

Thus... the film ends up being a Japanese and teenage nephew of Cronenberg's version of The Fly. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3.5/5

Jun 11, 2018

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Carlos Losilla

Sensacine

It's too long... [Full Review in Spanish]

Rated: 2.5/5

Jun 8, 2018

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chris h

Though being a little flawed in transition from anime to action movie.This is a great time.Could of been trimmed alittle in time,but non the less,this is a great adaptation.Well worth your time for a good time.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

06/15/24

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Audience Member

A really great and for the most part, accurate translation from the anime to live action. If you are a fan of the anime definitely give this a view.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

02/22/23

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Liam D

This like most of Japanese movies are creative and entertaining at the same time

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

08/13/21

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I did not like this film at all because I was never scared when watching it. It didn't make me believe that anything paranormal was going on. Like in the beginning the guy in the control room directing everyone on what to do and telling them good acting. It just gave me the sense that these people are faking a paranormal haunting in a fiction movie. Like I was just wondering the whole time was this all set up to make it look real by the team, are they all just acting like they're scared? I know in real life these are actors acting out a paranormal investigation but I just couldn't believe they were playing people carrying out a paranormal investigation actually being haunted. Even towards the last 30 minutes when stuff gets interesting, like the team leaders finally admit they were faking (we totally knew that was coming) it fails to be horrifyingly scary, interesting but not scary. Although this is coming from a person who has viewed alot of horror genre films so I might just be numb to this film.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/09/23

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Audience Member

Very clever and sometimes deep, with amazing acting and action. Highly recommend.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/28/23

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Audience Member

The dialogue lacks the weight of the comic and the acting and editing is choppy.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/04/23

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Kentarô Hagiwara

Director

Masataka Kubota

Ken Kaneki

Yoshiko Sengen

Toka Kirishima

Nobuyuki Suzuki

Kotaro Amon

Yô Ôizumi

Kureo Mado

Yû Aoi

Rize Kamishiro

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Synopsis

A college student is attacked by a ghoul, a being that feeds on human flesh. He later receives an organ transplant from the ghoul, becoming part monster himself.

Director: Kentarô Hagiwara
Producer: Tomohiro Nagae, Shogo Ishizuka
Screenwriter: Ichiro Kusuno
Distributor: Funimation
Production Co: Shochiku Co. Ltd.
Genre: Action, Horror
Original Language: Japanese
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 16, 2019, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 24, 2018
Runtime: 1h 59m

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