Tomie: Rebirth
Seen it?2001 | 100 min | Horror
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With almost no lasting buzz, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for horror fans.
- The mood
- Scary.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 40 min.
- What might put you off
- It's in Japanese, so expect subtitles (or a dub).
Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesSolid
7.2 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Reach & staying powerSolid
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactWeak
About 6K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Takashi Shimizu
- Miki SakaiTomie Kawakami
- Satoshi TsumabukiTakumi Aoyama
- Kumiko EndoHitomi Kitamura
- Masaya KikawadaShun'ichi Hosoda
- Shugo OshinariHideo Kamata
- Yutaka NakajimaTomoko Hosoda
- Yuri HachisuYumiko Sano
- Tarō SuwaHaruo Aoyoma
- Ganko FuyuTakako Aoyama
- Shin KusakaMasaru