Saimin (film)
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| Directed by | Masayuki Ochiai |
| Starring |
Miho Kanno Ken Utsui Yukio Watanabe Akira Shirai Ren Osugi |
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Release dates | 1999 |
Running time | 109 min. |
| Country | Japan |
Saimin (Hypnosis in English, released as The Hypnotist in United States on DVD) is a 1999 J-Horror film. The film is directed by Masayuki Ochiai and is based on a novel by Keisuke Matsuoka. A string of suicides prove to be linked. The death of a young athlete, a groom at his wedding and an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. All three of these males have mentioned a "green monkey" before their death. A young psychiatrist teams up with him to formulate the theory that includes the element of hypnosis.[1] The psychologist Saga, played by Goro Inagaki investigates this case.[2]
Cast
- Goro Inagaki .... Toshiya Saga
- Miho Kanno .... Yuka Irie
- Takeshi Masu .... Jissoji
- Ken Utsui .... Sakurai
- Yuki Watanabe .... Mitsui
- Shigemitsu Ogi .... Kuraishi
References
External links
- Saimin at the Internet Movie Database
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