Over Your Dead Body

Over Your Dead Body

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Release Date

8/23/2014

Runtime

111 mins

Genres

Overview

An actor named Kosuke plays the role of Iemon in a stage version of Yotsuya Kaiden and his new lover Miyuki plays Oiwa. However, as they delve deeper into their respective performances, the line between fantasy and reality becomes obscured until the murderous, vengeful themes of the play bleed into their own relationship.

Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Budget

-

Revenue

$1,164,010

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A slow-burn psychological horror where a stage production of a classic revenge play begins to colonize the real lives of its performers, blurring performance and genuine darkness until you're unsure what's theatrical and what's truly dangerous.

Mood

UnsettlingMelancholicTenseWistful

Themes

GriefObsessionArt and creationBetrayalComing apart

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

FormalistNaturalistic

Structure

Framed flashback

Heads up

Graphic violence

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