Haze (2005 film)
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{{Infobox film
| name = Haze
| image = Haze (2005 film) poster.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Shinya Tsukamoto
| producer =
| writer = Shinya Tsukamoto
| starring = Shinya Tsukamoto
| music = Chu Ishikawa
| cinematography = Shinya Tsukamoto
| editing = Shinya Tsukamoto
| distributor = Gold View Company Ltd.
| released = {{Film date|2005|10|01|US|2006|03|04|Japan}}
| runtime = 49 minutes
| country = Japan
| language = Japanese
| budget =
}}
{{nihongo|Haze|ＨＡＺＥ ヘイズ}} is a 2005 Japanese mystery horror film written and directed by Shinya Tsukamoto who also stars in the movie. After appearances at several international festivals in 2005, the film debuted theatrically in Japan on March 4, 2006.{{cite web|url=http://www.allcinema.net/prog/show_c.php?num_c=324152|script-title=ja:ＨＡＺＥ ヘイズ|publisher=AllCinema|accessdate=2013-10-16|language=Japanese}} Two versions of the film exist: the original release, a short 25-minute version; and what Director Tsukamoto titled the "Long Version", which runs 49 minutes.{{Cite web |url=http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2005/11/haze-by-shinya-tsukamoto-original-long-version-update.php |title=Twitch Film |access-date=2012-07-13 |archive-date=2012-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120731035217/http://twitchfilm.com/reviews/2005/11/haze-by-shinya-tsukamoto-original-long-version-update.php |url-status=dead }}
Plot
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A man wakes up in a small concrete space bleeding from the abdomen. He can barely move and has no recollection of why or how he came to be there. Crawling forward, he eventually meets a woman and they try to piece together their past lives.
Cast
- Shinya Tsukamoto
- {{nihongo|Kaori Fujii|藤井かほり}}
- {{nihongo|Takahiro Murase|村瀬貴洋}}
- {{nihongo|Takahiro Kandaka|神高貴宏}}
- Masato Tsujioka
- {{nihongo|Mao Saito|さいとう真央}}
Reception
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Keith Uhlich from Slant Magazine awarded the film three and a half out of four stars, writing, "Many directors would no doubt take a god’s-eye perspective of Haze's hero, but Tsukamoto favors an intimate camera style that offsets the genre film sturm und drang and grounds his movie in a terrifyingly mortal perspective."{{cite web |last1=Uhlich |first1=Keith |title=Review: Haze - Slant Magazine |url=https://www.slantmagazine.com/film/haze/ |website=SlantMagazine.com |publisher=Keith Uhlich |accessdate=7 August 2019 |date=22 September 2005}} Niina Doherty from HorrorNews.net gave the film a positive review, praising the film's claustrophobic atmosphere, sound design, and cinematography.{{cite web |last1=Doherty |first1=Niina |title=Film Review: Haze (2005) |url=https://horrornews.net/135275/film-review-haze-2005/ |website=HorrorNews.net |publisher=Niina Doherty |accessdate=7 August 2019 |date=14 December 2005}}
References
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External links
- {{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627005900/http://theres.co.jp/tsukamoto/haze/|archivedate=2010-06-27|url=http://theres.co.jp/tsukamoto/haze/|title=Haze|publisher=Official Site|language=Japanese}}
- {{IMDb title|tt0491399}}
- {{Rotten tomatoes|haze}}
{{Shinya Tsukamoto}}
Category:2000s Japanese-language films
Category:2000s mystery horror films
Category:Films directed by Shinya Tsukamoto
Category:Films scored by Chu Ishikawa
Category:Japanese mystery horror films
Category:Japanese splatter films
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