The Stranger From Afar

– A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that h..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 32 Minutes
Release Year:
2004
Original Name:
稀人
The Stranger from Afar (2004) - Also known as 稀人

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo.

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Language:

Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Takashi Shimizu

Writer:

Chiaki Konaka (novel), Chiaki Konaka (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Shin'ya Tsukamoto, Tomomi Miyashita, Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa

Plot:

In Tokyo, the freelance cameraman Takuyoshi Masuoka is obsessed investigating the fear sensation near death. When he photographs a man stabbing himself in the eye in the access to the subway, he seeks what the suicidal man might have seen to experiment the same sense of horror the man felt when he died. He finds a passage to the Tokyo underground where he meets a mysterious naked woman that does not speak, who he calls her F. He brings F to his place and he tries to feed her, until he discovers that she drinks blood. Masuika becomes a serial killer draining the blood of his victims to nurse F.

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination.

Production:

Tartan Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
40%
Metacritic:
50%