Tomie (1998)

==Synopsis==
"A police investigation into the murder of high school student Tomie Kawakami (Miho Kanno - HYPNOSIS) uncovers a series of mysterious deaths of girls with the same name going back to the 1960s. Detective Harada (Tomoro Taguchi - TETSUO: THE IRON MAN) tracks down a classmate of Tomie names Tsukiko Izumisawa (Mami Nakamura - TOKYO TRASH BABY), an art student who is being treated for amnesia. She has no memory of the three month period around Tomie's death, and she's starting to think the cause could be supernatural. Meanwhile, Tsukiko's new neighbor, her former high school teacher Tanabe Yamamoto (Kenji Mizuhashi - PULSE) is rearing a peculiar baby-like creature. Over the span of only a few weeks, it grows into a beautiful teenage girl answering to the name of Tomie Kawakami. Tomie will not die."
==Production==
Director Ataru Oikawa admired the original manga, referring to it as a "fairy tale in bad taste". Opposed to a shocking and gorey film, Oikawa desired to make a film he described as not one "where people scream with fear. I didn't imagine that kind of horror movie. I wanted this to be more like a drama for youth." As the comic contained graphic violence, Oikawa decided that he would work from a clean slate while still seeking seek manga author Junji Ito's approval and input. Oikawa's script draws characters and situations from the stories "Photograph" and "Kiss" in Ito's original manga, although not "Mansion" - which also features Tsukiko as the protagonist. The film acts like a sequel to the manga taking place several years after the original story.
For the role of Tomie, Miho Kanno was chosen specifically by manga author Junji Ito for the role. The film's score was composed by Hiroshi Futami and Toshihiro Kimura while the film contains a theme song from Japanese pop act World Famous.
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==Cast==
*Mami Nakamura – Tsukiko Izumisawa
*Miho Kanno – Tomie Kawakami
*Yoriko Douguchi – Dr. Hosono
*Tomorowo Taguchi – Detective Harada
*Kenji Mizuhashi – Kenichi Yamamoto
*Rumi – Kaori
==Tomie: Multiplication==
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==Tomie Film Story Book==
「富江」FILM STORY BOOK
サイズ:B5
状態:平成11年３月発行。帯アリ。
伊藤潤二「富江」映画ムック。ストーリーの流れを写真で追うとともに、伊藤潤二、富江を演じた菅野美穂、監督の及川中などのコメントを収録。12
==Releases==
*Adness - Region 1 - February 3, 2004 - ASIN: B0000UX5YI
*Universe Video - All-region Hong Kong DVD
*Bci / Eclipse - The Tomie Collection DVD - September 19, 2006