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Doppelganger
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R,1hr 43min
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Released:
January 1, 2003
Distributor:
Tartan Video
Synopsis: Yuka (Hiromi Nagasaku) is an attractive young woman whose brother has recently died under mysterious circumstances. Shortly before his untimely death, Yuka got her first glimpse of his double, who has since moved into their apartment and taken his place. Hayasaki (Koji Yakusho) is a brilliant but mercurial scientist obsessed with perfecting a robot chair for the disabled, with wheels and mechanical arms that are supposed to function according to the "will" of the user. In his single-mindedness, he ... Full Synopsis
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Japanese horror director Kiyoshi Kurosawa lightens up with Doppelganger. The film opens with a typically unnerving story about a young man whose double mysteriously appears one day, apparently causing his death, and matter-of-factly takes his place. But once the (seemingly growing) phenomenon of the Doppelganger reaches the main character, Hayasaki, an obsessive scientist played by Kurosawa mainstay ... Full Review
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