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Village of Doom

1983 · 115 min Horror Crime Drama
6.6 / 10 · TMDB

"Ushimitsu Village has a secret that only the dead know. A young woman returns to her ancestral home, only to find the community bound by a terrifying, ancient pact. As a series of unexplained deaths unfolds, she uncovers a lineage of crime hidden beneath the soil and superstition. This 1983 Japanese horror-drama masterfully blends folk terror with a chilling procedural, creating a slow-burn nightmare where the past is a living, breathing curse. The line between ritual and murder dissolves in the mist."

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The director builds dread not through jump scares, but through a gradual accumulation of unease, where the landscape itself becomes complicit. The camera drifts like a specter between decaying houses, while sound design transforms silence into a palpable threat.

This experience is for viewers who prefer psychological horror over gore. You'll descend into a state of profound melancholy and paranoia, where the line between reality and the supernatural dissolves frame by frame. — MovieFinder Editorial

Director: Noboru Tanaka

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Alone on a windy autumn night, with all the lights turned off.

🎭 Cast

Masato Furuoya

Masato Furuoya

Tsugio Inumaru

Misako Tanaka

Misako Tanaka

Yasuyo Akagi

Shino Ikenami

Shino Ikenami

Eriko Tosaka

Izumi Hara

Izumi Hara

Han Inumaru

Renji Ishibashi

Renji Ishibashi

Chuji Akagi

Hatsuo Yamaya

Hatsuo Yamaya

Police Akamatsu

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Yasuhiro Arai

Tesuo Nakayama

Isao Natsuyagi

Isao Natsuyagi

Yuzo Akagi

Kumiko Ohba

Kumiko Ohba

Kazuko Takenaka

Midori Satsuki

Midori Satsuki

Mioko Akagi

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