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Ankoku Joshi (2017)

Ankoku Joshi poster
Original title
暗黒女子
Directed by
Saiji Yakumo
Genre
mystery, drama
Country
Japan
Runtime
1h 45m
Rating
6.3 of 10 from 26 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of girls in a school literature club gather to read a story aloud. The story reveals secrets and a possible crime among them.

mysterioussuspensefuldarktensemelancholiccerebralatmospheric

What happens

Ankoku Joshi (暗黒女子, The Dark Maidens) is a 2017 Japanese film directed by Saiji Yakumo, written by Mari Okada and starring Fumika Shimizu, Marie Iitoyo, Nana Seino, Tina Tamashiro, Riria Kojima, Yuna Taira, Takeshi Masu and Yudai Chiba. The film is based on the mystery novel of the same name by Rikako Akiyoshi. It was released in Japan by Toei and Showgate on 1 April 2017. Fumika Shimizu, one of the film's stars, joined the new religious movement Happy Science after filming and did not participate in promotional activities for the film's release. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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