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Tag (2015)

Tag poster
Original title
リアル鬼ごっこ
Directed by
Sion Sono
Genre
action film, splatter film
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 25m
Rated
18
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 413 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A high school girl is swept into a series of surreal and brutal events where groups of women are pursued and killed. She struggles to survive and understand the bizarre rules of the deadly game unfolding around her.

fast-pacedsurrealviolentchaoticunsettlingvisceralfrenetic

What happens

Tag, known in Japan as Real Onigokko (Japanese: リアル鬼ごっこ, Hepburn: Riaru Onigokko), is a 2015 Japanese action horror film directed by Sion Sono and based on the novel Riaru Onigokko by Yusuke Yamada. It was released in Japan on July 11, 2015. The film's theme song, "Real Onigokko", was written and performed for the movie by the rock band Glim Spanky. The film received positive reviews. Critics noted its feminist undertones. It won awards at the 2015 Fantasia Film Festival for Best Film and Best Actress and 2015 Fancine Malaga for best film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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