It’s been a good while since I’ve seen a really creepy J-horror outing, so it’s with great pleasure I present to you a promising trailer for one called TOMIE: UNLIMITED. Not sure if the native tongue is it what does it (no subs), but there’s some pretty eerie imagery and a ample amount of blood to sate most horror heads. Snag a look and tell us what you think!
Adapted from Junji Ito’s manga series by Iguchi and Jun Tsugita – TOMIE: UNLIMITED centers on:
Tsukiko, a shy and reserved young girl, who develops a passion for photography, impulsively taking snaps of everything that grabs her attention. One day, as she is taking pictures of her beautiful sister Tomie, equally popular at school and at home, tragedy occurs. A metal rod falls from above and impales Tomie, killing her instantly before Tsukiko’s panicked eyes. A year later, her grief barely allowing place for anything else, Tsukiko is offered the job of photographer for her school newspaper by no other than Toshio, her deceased sister’s boyfriend, whom Tsukiko has always had a crush on. Additionally, on the day of Tomie’s anniversary, the doorbell rings and there she is, back from the dead, even briefly evoking her own death!
Her parents are excited by her return, but something isn’t quite right… Tsukiko becomes the scapegoat of her father’s violent outbursts, which Tomie encourages and helps take to extremes. She is definitely not the loveable young girl she used to be. After a few quarrels, the saddened father even commits the unthinkable. Propelled by a sudden rage he can’t explain, he stabs Tomie and cuts her to pieces. The next day, as if nothing happened, Tsukiko goes back to school, but there, she is given yet further reason to question her sanity: a new classmate, who looks exactly like her sister, has just arrived. To make matters worse, she flirts with Toshio and seems determined to turn Tsukiko’s existence into a hellish experience.
TOMIE: UNLIMITED is making the rounds at this year’s Fantasia Fest. Hopefully a release date follows suit!
TOMIE star Maiko Kawakami
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