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A return to the horror-thriller from one of the genre’s—and contemporary Japan’s—leading masters, Kiyoshi Kurosawa (no relation to Akira), Creepy centers on Takakura (Hidetoshi Nishijima), a criminal psychologist and former police detective, who seeks a change after a traumatic workplace event. While Takakura and his wife, Yasuko, find their fresh start by moving to a new neighborhood, their extremely odd neighbor, Mr. Nishino (Teruyuki Kagawa), quickly raises the suspicions of the former cop. Takakura’s instincts are soon confirmed when Nishino’s daughter confides: “That man in my house is not my father… He’s a total stranger.” As in his masterpieces in the genre, such as Cure and Pulse, Kurosawa expertly establishes a sense of foreboding, before introducing a final act reversal that affirms the horrors of the patriarchy and the cataclysmic breakdown of the Japanese family.
Director Kiyoshi Kurosawa 2016 Japan 130 minutes NR DCP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLn0jbDD3co