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Isola: Tajuu jinkaku shôjo (2000)

Isola: Tajuu jinkaku shôjo poster
Original title
ISOLA 多重人格少女
Directed by
Toshiyuki Mizutani
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
16
Rating
5.2 of 10 from 24 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman with psychic abilities works with survivors of a major earthquake. She meets a girl with multiple personalities, and one of those personalities is dangerous and has supernatural powers.

tensepsychologically fraughtparanormaldarkemotionally heavymysteriousominousgloomy

What happens

Isola (ISOLA 多重人格少女 ISOLA Taju-jinkaku Shojo, lit. 'ISOLA - Multiple Personality Girl') is a 2000 Japanese horror film directed by Toshiyuki Mizutani. The film is about a woman with ESP who helps the survivors of the Great Hanshin earthquake, who then encounters a girl with a personality disorder, one which is malevolent and possesses paranormal powers. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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