催眠
/
The Hypnotist
/
Hypnosis
director:
Masayuki Ochiai
playwright:
松冈圭佑
/
Masayuki Ochiai
/
福井靖
actor:
稻垣吾郎
/
菅野美穗
/
Takeshi Masu
/
Ken Utsui
/
渡边由纪
…
genre:
Thriller
/
Horror
/
Fantasy
region:
Japan
language:
Japanese
length: 1h 50m
release date: 1999-06-05
IMDb: tt0228807
催眠
overview
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?