I had looked up Akira Kurosawa on my Hoopla app for it to recommend The Snow Woman and this Japanese movie, Door. Neither of them have anything to do with Kurosawa.
As for Kurosawa, I did rewatch Seven Samurai recently. Was going to review it, nah. It’s a five star great film though. Door is somewhat opposite to it in all ways just about, I’d say.
Mrs Honda is a stay home mom with a young son and a busy husband who has to stay late and even stay overnight at the office sometimes. She does the house work and cares for the son Takuto, primarily. She gets the average amount of drop by salesmen and sales calls, and lately one of the callers has been more aggressive than most.
Her husband must stay overnight for two nights at the office around the same time that the calls have been escalating and the man has started to show up in person. Honda hasn’t seen his face and the police haven’t been able to do anything so everything now comes to confrontation.
This movie is the kind of thing that defines small scale horror thriller, and makes the best out of what it has. It has good actors, a tight taut script that really moves, fuckin cool music, and good tone management.
The main villain character is genuinely creepy, the scene at the police station plays up how barbaric the outside world is, it’s like every choice was the perfect one for this movie.
It feels deeply inspired by giallo and horror manga, but in only the believable and right ways. I dunno man! It’s like I am trying to talk myself into and out of 5 stars in my head. Trying to think of problems with it…? But the end is great also and sticks with you. It might be pretty perfect… 5 stars
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