The Tunnel

A modern Japanese family loses their youngest son in a tragedy. The mother, Misako, plunges into depression and the oldest son Akira starts blaming himself for the death of his brother. As Toyama, the father, pays visit to a dying relative, he finds out that the ghost of the child, Shigeru, has been seen in the old Isegami tunnel.
Sharing a similar theme with Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, where meetings between the living and the dead also take place in a similar environment, The Tunnel is, however, more than just a regular horror film. A melodramatic fantasy, it poses the questions of what happens to a family when it accidentally
loses one of its members. As Hideo Nakata did in Dark Water, Kunitoshi digs deep into the psychological heaIth of his characters. This makes the film work on several levels. Shigeru's brother Akira mutilates himself and bleeds over the corpse of his younger brother, hoping it will bring him back to life. Misako believes that by living out her dreams during the day she will achieve the same results. Toyama, on the other hand, is investigating the secrets of the tunnel. The dead boy, Shigeru, appears before his family accompanied by a suggestive string soundtrack.

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Premiärstatus
Svensk premiär: Orig. titel
Ano Tonnero: Medverkande
Nomura Hironobu,Minamino Yoko: Producent
Sento Takenori: Manus
Ikawa Kouichiro: Foto
Honda Shigeru: Musik
Nagashima Hiroyuki: Talat språk
Japanese