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World Apartment Horror is a film of genre Comedy directed by Katsuhiro Ōtomo with Sabu
World Apartment Horror (1991)
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Add to a movie listWorld Apartment Horror (ワールド・アパートメント・ホラー Wārudo apātomento horā) is a 1991 live-action feature film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, with a screenplay by Otomo and Keiko Nobumoto from a story by Satoshi Kon. The film stars Sabu (later a film director) as a yakuza henchmen who encounters language problems and evil spirits in his attempts to evict a Tokyo apartment full of foreigners, a role for which he received the Best New Actor Award at the Yokohama Film Festival in 1992.
A manga adaptation created by Kon was published by Kodansha, under the same title, on August 1, 1991.
^ Gerow, Aaron. "Recognizing 'Others' in a New Japanese Cinema." January 2002. Japan Foundation Newsletter, The. [1]
^ Osmond, Andrew (September 30, 2009). Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist. Berkeley, California: Stonebridge Press. pp. 17, 60. ISBN 978-1933330747. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
^ "2008 Projects". Asian Project Market. Busan International Film Festival. 2008. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
^ Kon, Satoshi (June 16, 2011). 今敏アニメ全仕事 [Kon Satoshi Animation All of the Works] (in Japanese). Tokyo: G.B. p. 73. ISBN 978-4901841948. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
^ Kon, Satoshi (August 1, 1991). "ワールド・アパートメントホラー" [World Apartment Horror] (in Japanese). Kodansha. ISBN 978-4-06-313241-0. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
Synopsis
Itta est un yakuza à qui l'on a confié une mission de choix : déloger d'un immeuble ses occupants, tous des membres de clans mafieux étrangers. Selon la rumeur, son prédécesseur aurait échoué et serait devenu fou, prétendant que le bâtiment est hanté. Alors qu'Itta utilise tous les stratagèmes possibles et imaginables pour faire de la vie de ses cibles un véritable enfer, il va bientôt sentir qu'une force obscure semble effectivement habiter les lieux… Et celle-ci n'a pas franchement l'air d'avoir l'intention d'aider notre yakuza dans sa tâche. World Apartment Horror est le premier film "live" réalisé par le cinéaste et mangaka Katsuhiro Ootomo. L'histoire adapte le scénario du manga éponyme, réalisé dans les années 90 par Satoshi Kon.Actors
Sabu
(Ita)
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