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Orochi - Blood (2008)
Directed by Norio Tsuruta
Drama, Fantasy, Horror · 1h 47m
The story of Orochi revolves around the life of the Monzen family. Aoi Monzen, a famous, but aging, movie star and Kazusa and Lisa Monzen her two daughters. Aoi hopes for them both to take over her legacy as a star, but Kazusa does not live up to her expectations. The mother is always pitting the girls against one another competitively. As a result, as the years pass, the love the sisters shared grows to a hidden hatred. When another girl named Orochi saves the girl's mother from a terrible accident a bizarre chain of events is set in motion spanning many years. The atmosphere in their estate builds up until Orochi reveals a terrible truth that the family must keep hidden from the world. Orochi serves as the narrator of the story. The movie is based on a Kazuo Umezu manga series which ran from 1969 to 1970.
Cast
Yoshino Kimura
Noriko Nakagoshi
Mitsuki Tanimura
Taro Yamamoto
Kyusaku Shimada
Yoko Ohshima
Seika Kuze
Kaoru Kusumi
Tarō Suwa
Crew
- Director
- Norio Tsuruta
- Writer
- Hiroshi Takahashi
- Editor
- Hiroshi Sunaga
- Producer
- Masatake Kondo, Tsutomu Yamamoto, Tsugio Hattori, Gen Sato
Details
- Original title
- おろち
- Release date
- 2008-09-20
- Runtime
- 1h 47m
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Horror
- Original language
- JA
- Spoken languages
- Japanese
- Countries
- Japan
- Production
- Toei Video Company, TV Tokyo, Yahoo! Japan, Shogakukan-Shueisha Productions, Toei Advertising, Central Arts