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What I Long For

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2013 · 83 min Thriller
6.5 / 10 · TMDB

High school student Juri leaps to her death. Afterwards, Juri wanders to her house, school and street. She feels loneliness as nobody else is able to see her. She talks to those that she comes across including her mother and classmates, but nobody responds to her comments. Juri then sees a horrifying monster, which she never saw prior to her suicide. She calls the scary monster "Bug Man". When the mind of humans become weak, the Bug Man tempts those to commit suicide. One day, Juri walks along the street as usual. She then meets a girl that is able to see Juri. Juri names the girl Ringo-chan and plays at the park with her. Their happy moments does not last long. When they come back from the park, Juri sees Ringo-chan's mother with a grim face. The Bug Man is standing behind her mother.

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Original Title 赤々煉恋
Year 2013
Country Japan
Genre Thriller
Director Kazuya Konaka
Runtime 83 min.
Rating TMDB: 6.5/10 (4 votes)

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The director constructs a psychological thriller on the contrast between fragile daily life and the supernatural horror that permeates it. He relies on a slow immersion into the protagonist's subjective reality, where the metaphor of inner pain materializes into a grotesque monster.

What lingers after the credits is a sense of unease and a question about the invisible boundaries between the worlds of the living and the lost. The film prompts reflection on how easily we can miss another's despair. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Kazuya Konaka

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