Hypnosis (1999)
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?
Director:
Masayuki Ochiai
Writers:
Yasushi Fukuda, Masayuki Ochiai.
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Goro Inagaki as Toshiya Saga |
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Miho Kanno as Yuka Irie |
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Takeshi Masu as Jissoji |
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Yuki Watanabe as Keiko Mitsui |
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Ken Utsui as Sakurai |
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Shigemitsu Ogi as Kuraishi |
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Kenta Satoi as |
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Noborou Shirai as |
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Tadao Nakamura as |
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Katsumi Takahashi as |
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Yuko Ando as |
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Masahiro Komoto as |
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Tadao Nakamaru as |
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Takashi Ukaji as |
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Ren Osugi as Etsushi Muta |
| Writing | Keisuke Matsuoka | Novel |
| Sound | Kuniaki Haishima | Original Music Composer |
| Directing | Masayuki Ochiai | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yûichi Matsui | Special Effects Makeup Artist |
| Directing | Masaaki Tezuka | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Yasushi Fukuda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Masayuki Ochiai | Screenplay |
| Camera | Osamu Fujiishi | Director of Photography |
| Sound | 柴田新 | Music Producer |
| Art | Tsuyoshi Shimizu | Production Design |
| Sound | Kazuo Miyauchi | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Hirohide Shida | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Ogawa Tak | Sound Effects |
| Lighting | Tsuyoshi Awakihara | Gaffer |
| Editing | Yoshifumi Fukazawa | Editor |