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Hasami Otoko (2005)

Hasami Otoko poster
Original title
ハサミ男
Directed by
Toshiharu Ikeda
Genre
mystery film
Country
Japan
Runtime
2h 04m
Rating
5.7 of 10 from 10 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A killer uses scissors to commit murders. The police investigate the crimes and look for the people responsible.

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What happens

The Man Behind the Scissors (Japanese: ハサミ男, Hepburn: Hasami Otoko) is a 2005 Japanese film directed by Toshiharu Ikeda. Based on a novel by Masayuki Shuno, the film is a psychological thriller about a series of murders committed using scissors, the people who carried out the murders, and the police who are trying to catch them. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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