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Tomie: Beginning (2005)

Tomie: Beginning poster
Original title
富江 BEGINNING
Directed by
Ataru Oikawa
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 14m
Rating
5.6 of 10 from 23 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A detective investigates a strange case involving a high school girl named Tomie who has the ability to regenerate and drive people to violence. The story shows the beginning of the curse that surrounds Tomie and the police officer who becomes entangled with her.

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What happens

Tomie: Beginning (富江 BEGINNING) is a 2005 Japanese horror film directed by Ataru Oikawa and the fifth installment of the Tomie film series, serving as a direct prequel to the 1998 film Tomie, with Kenji Mizuhashi reprising his role as Kenichi Yamamoto. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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