Chime | Kiyoshi Kurosawa

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Kurosawa’s own statement, retrieved by the Japanese outlet Nordot:

“This is a work that aims to shock the viewer and leave them with a strong sense of fear after watching it. Nothing that is necessary in a normal story is explained. Also, it doesn’t fit into genres like horror or suspense. That’s the aim of this work: a crazy movie, a movie that’s out of this world.”

The publication relayed a bit more plot info: Chime concerns Matsuoka, a cooking instructor whose peculiar student, Tashiro, can hear “some kind of voice” and claims, “Half of my brain has been replaced and I’m a machine.” Likely you’re now getting flashes to Cure‘s Mamiya, an association buttressed by Kurosawa’s elaboration on his protagonist’s situation:

“I tried to tell the story of an ordinary middle-aged man who is woken by a chime and finds himself wandering between the everyday and the surreal. He is afraid. But he has faith. This absurdity is also a kind of freedom that allows him to slip out of the modern society that otherwise binds him through the crevices of its morals, justice, and conscience.” +

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Kurosawa makes it an insta-watch. I'm excited!

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Runtime: 45 minutes.