The ruse of connection within suburban domesticity thrown into crisis by your creepy neighbor. I can understand why this isn’t as highly regarded as Kurosawa’s Cure, it is essentially a re-telling of the same story: a police procedural inverted on its head to examine control and interpersonal dynamics within the nuclear family unit. It’s different though, the formal characteristics are more bland and well, sinister in their presentation. Entire colors & mood shift as conversations divulge. I was initially caught off guard…

Stunning, one of the best films I’ve watched in a long minute. Sad I hadn’t heard of this earlier, especially with the string of J-horror American remakes that followed in the early 2000’s. Was engrossed with everything about this by the midway point, had to rewatch just a few days after. Kurosawa is clearly a master of drawing out the eerie existential undertones found in our everyday. Use of light was off the charts. The flick of a lighter pulling…