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Tomie: Rebirth
JAPAN · 2001

Tomie: Rebirth

Takashi Shimizu
supernatural resurrection obsession and possession guilt and paranoia body horror art as curse
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Synopsis

Young art student Hideo paints an unnerving portrait of Tomie, who whispers that she loves him. Inexplicably, he reacts by stabbing her to death with a painting trowel. Two friends, Takumi and Shunichi, arrive on the scene and help him dispose of the body. To cheer him up, the boys take the unwitting murderer to the nearest bar for a party... but a mysterious girl named Tomie shows up, bearing a few odd physical resemblances to the dead girl in the ground.

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