7.2
Tomie: Rebirth
2001
New Group (2026)
June 12, 20261h 22mJA
Overview
Ai is a high school girl who feels suffocated by social pressure, but finds it hard to fight going with the flow. One day, the people in her school inexplicably start to form a human pyramid. The principal and other teachers start to act weird and encourage taking part in it, and the various gymnastic formations start to spread and take over the whole town. Eventually only Ai and Yuu, a transfer student who finds it hard to fit in, are left to rebel against the conformity madness.
Director
Yûta ShimotsuWriters
Top Billed Cast
Status
Released
Original Language
Japanese
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Production Companies
Gemini FilmsKADOKAWAMovie WalkerSasaki kogyo
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Brent Marchant
8.0In an age where asserting our independence and individuality has become something of a personal liability, it’s refreshing to see that some of us have not lost sight of its value and – in the case of this picture – have even gone so far as to celebrate the notion in a work of art. Such is the case in writer-director Yûta Shimotsu’s second feature effort, a truly strange but fun, insightful meditation on the perils of unquestioned conformity. In a nation like Japan, where a premium is placed on complying with cultural and social norms, those who seek to affirm their personal sovereignty are fre…
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