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Tomie: Another Face (1999)

Tomie: Another Face poster
Original title
富江 アナザフェイス
Directed by
Toshirô Inomata
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Rating
5.1 of 10 from 32 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A TV series originally released as three episodes follows a mysterious and beautiful girl named Tomie who has a strange power over the people around her. The story shows how her presence causes obsession and violence in those who encounter her.

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What happens

Tomie: Another Face (富江 アナザフェイス, Tomie: Anaza feisu) is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Toshirō Inomata. It is based on a manga of the same name by Junji Ito. The film was originally a TV series consisting of three V-cinema episodes, later spliced into a feature film. Originally titled 富江 恐怖の美少女 (Tomie kyōfu no bishōjo, literally "Tomie: Fearsome Beauty"), the series was given Another Face as its new title as a film on VHS and DVD. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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