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Actor: Tomie CollectionBrand: TOMIE COLLECTIONS, THE - 5 MOVIE SET (DVD MOV
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: Japanese (Original Language); English (Subtitled)
Format: Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 477 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-09-19
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: Bci / Eclipse
Movie Reviews of The Tomie Collection
Movie Review: Addictive in its simplicity...3.5 stars
Summary: 3 Stars
In addition to the TOMIE movies being a translation of a comic book character into film they also offer up mildly interesting reflections on contemporary Japanese life which involve teenage angst, the dating game, parent-child relationships and respecting one's elders.
Of course the main mystery which pervades everything is 'TOMIE'. Part ghost, part demon, these movies present the viewer with a variety of impressions and revelations into her (or IT's) purpose, nature, powers, and genesis. Who or what exactly is TOMIE?
This is all part of the deranged charm featured in this 'TOMIE Collection'. With 5 movies and over 7 hours exploring the same theme (and basically the same movie), there is the obvious claim of repetition and redundancy to be made.
Yet each movie tells the "story" slightly askance, offering up tidbits into TOMIE's mystique. Wether examined as celluloid exposition on obsession, possession, infatuation, or sexuality, TOMIE sometimes can become much more (lust, revenge, murder, EVIL, for example) depending on what the viewer wants to see. This is not the most sophisticated or respected j-horror around, it is no 'Ju-on' or 'Ringu'. There's alot of wiggle-room to induge in.
Indulgence can be fun. TOMIE is certainly a diversion to all those mega-million over-hyped blockbusters. And yes, in its own twisted way TOMIE is addictive. Of the 5 "movies" in this set:
1) TOMIE **1/2...might as well begin here though truely the order does'nt really matter. The pace here is plodding but you'll get the gist of the series here. All the others (except 'Another Face') are better though if you call it quits here I'd understand. Establishes your basic TOMIE factoids (or TOMIE-isms).
2) REPLAY ***1/2...refreshing improvement on (1). Lots of cool TOMIE-isms.
3) ANOTHER FACE *...not really a movie per se. Contains three tales seemingly made for TV on a VERY low budget. Actually seems like a halloween episode of the U.S. TV sitcom 'Saved By the Bell', or a pre-teen After School Special. Though it presents a few TOMIE "factoids" this one really dings this collection.
4) RE-BIRTH ***...along the lines of (2) and revealing TOMIE-isms in about as complex a fashion as you're gonna see. Some very weird moments.
5) FORBIDDEN FRUIT ***1/2...the bi-sexuality of the demon/ghost TOMIE, is nothing sacred? A decent wrap-up for this collection. Comfortably weird.
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Overall 'TOMIE:The Collection' conjurs up an interesting nemesis that not only CAN NOT DIE but can possess, drive crazy, multiply, or ensorcell. Don't expect too much and just go with the flow. These movies contain their own geeky sense of j-horror.
Summary of The Tomie Collection
Tomie will Not dieTomie (1999 95 mins.)While investigating a murder of a high school student named Tomie the lead detective tracks down a schoolmate suffering from amnesia who can't remember anything that happened 3 months prior to Tomie's death and she starts to suspect the cause of her amnesia is supernatural. She also suspects there is something odd going on next door with her new neighbor who is rearing a peculiar creature. Over the span of a week the creature grows into a beautiful teenage girl who responds to the name Tomie can't die.Tomie Another Face (1999 72 mins.)Three tales of terror featuring the girl that will not die... Tomie. In the first tale a student grieves the death of his girlfriend Tomie. When his former girlfriend sees this as an opportunity to get back her old boyfriend Tomie returns from the dead. In the second story a cameraman meets a beautiful girl named Tomie in the park. She seems to be a dead ringer for a girl he once met long ago. In the last tale an ex-coroner is pursuing a mysterious woman named Tomie but she has many men pursuing her and they'll all do anything to make her theirs.Tomie Replay (2000 95 mins.)A young girl is hospitalized. When an ultrasound examination reveals that there's something moving inside of her a surgeon operates only to find himself faced with -- not a baby but the disembodied head of a beautiful adult woman. Her name is Tomie and she is in the process of regenerating herself. The surgeon disappears infected by Tomie's blood leaving his daughter Yumi to find out who Tomie is and what happened to her father.Tomie Rebirth (2001 101 mins.)Hideo and art student murders his model Tomie when she slices up one of his paintings. Later on at a party Hideo and his friends notice a girl who happens to have a facial mole in the exact same spot as Tomie. Soon Hideo is missing and the two friends notice that this girl is starting to look more and more like Tomie. Everywhere they go she seemsArt House & International DVD Video
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