Rotten
Its sluggish pacing and confusing story line will prevent it from appealing to all but the most rabid J-horror fans.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Neighbour No. 13
What if your personality began to crumble… who would you become?
2005 · 1h 55m · R
Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Yasuo Inoue
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Neighbour No. 13
Overview
Juzo Murasaki is a young man traumatized by his experience of bullying at school. He returns to his hometown and takes a job on a building site with his old nemesis Toru Akai. But Juzo's trauma has created a monster; he harbors a second personality, Neighbor No. 13, a vicious, brutal and disfigured character intent on exacting a painful revenge on his bully.
Director and cast
- Yasuo Inoue Director
- Shidou Nakamura as 13-gô / No. 13
- Shun Oguri as Jûzô Murasaki
- Hirofumi Arai as Tôru Akai
- Yumi Yoshimura as Nozomi Akai
- Tomoya Ishii as Hajime Seki
- Minoru Matsumoto as Shinigami / God of Death
- Gekidan Hitori as Comedian on TV
- Mitsu Murata Cast
- Takashi Miike Cast
- Shuhei Koizumi Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
11%
Tomatometer
Rotten
... a technically impressive but altogether listless revenge tale ...
Jeff Shannon, Seattle Times
Rotten
Pic scores big in the first few minutes with its atmospheric lensing of the protag's literal separation into two distinct characters, but then settles into a standard psycho-killer payback drama.
Jay Weissberg, Variety
Rotten
The envelope gets recycled, not pushed, in this moody, brutal, ultimately rather boring revenge saga from Japan.
Nathan Lee, New York Times
Fresh
The Neighbor No. Thirteen forgoes the manic violence of the Korean revenge stunner Oldboy in favor of leisurely paced suspense with sudden bloody outbursts.
V.A. Musetto, New York Post
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