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Orochi: Blood (2008)

Orochi: Blood poster
Original title
おろち
Directed by
Norio Tsuruta
Genre
horror film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 47m
Rating
6.6 of 10 from 9 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A woman named Orochi, who looks young and has supernatural powers, watches people and sees how their hidden actions lead to bad outcomes. The film presents a series of strange and unsettling events driven by paranormal and psychological forces.

supernaturalmoodyeeriepsychologically intenseslow-pacedobservationalfatalisticuncanny

What happens

Orochi (おろち) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kazuo Umezu. It was serialized in Shogakukan's Weekly Shōnen Sunday from June 1969 to August 1970. It follows the story of Orochi, a woman with a young appearance and supernatural powers and how she observes people's lives and the consequences of their hidden actions. The story contains several varying elements such as paranormal and psychological themes. In North America, it was licensed for an English language release by Viz Media. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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