Rinjin 13-gô (2005)

Country of Origin: Japan
Year of Production: 2005
Running Times: 115 mins
Length: 3145 metres
Format: colour/35mm
Ratio:
Sound: DTS

CREDITS

PRODUCTION
Production Companies: Amuse Soft Entertainment K.K./Media Suits Ltd /PICS K.K./Rinjin 13-gô Seisaku Iinkai
Executive Producer For Amuse Soft Entertainment: Masayuki Miyashita
Executive Producer For Media Suits: Kumi Kobata
Producer For Media Suits: Yoshinori Chiba
Producer For PICS: Hajime Kohama
Associate Producer: Yuuji Ishida

SCRIPT
Script: Hajime Kado
Comic: Santa Inoue

DIRECTION
Director: Yasuo Inoue
Assistant Director: Mizuo Wakai

PHOTOGRAPHY
Director of Photography: Tarô Kawadu

EDITING AND POST-PRODUCTION
Editors: Urahama Taro, Shôjirô Urahama

MUSIC
Music: Reiji Kitazato
Song: Hirakawachi Icchôme (real names: Naojirô Hayashi, Ryunosuke Hayashi) (Hagareta yoru)

SOUND
Sound Designer For Digital Circus: Yoshiki Matsunaga
Sound: Mineharu Kitamura
Sound Effects: Kôji Kasamatsu

VISUAL EFFECTS
Animation Director: PICS: Taku Inoue

DESIGN AND SET CONSTRUCTION
Production Designer: Tsutomu Imamura

CAST
Shido Nakamura (13-gô)
Shun Oguri (Jûzô Murasaki)
Hirofumi Arai (Tôru Akai)
Yumi Yoshimura (Nozomi Akai)
Tomoya Ishii (Hajime Seki)
Minoru Matsumoto (Shinigami)
Hitori Gekidan (TV comedian)
Mitsuru Murata
Takashi Miike (Kaneda)

PLOT SUMMARY

Whenever Juzo gets angry, a darker alter ego, known as No. 13, emerges and starts to take revenge on his former class bully Akai, now his equally bullying sadistic boss. No. 13 starts to bug Akai's apartment as Juzo struggles to keep his darker side under control.

AVAILABILITY

Japan
Theatrical Distributors: Media Suits Ltd

CENSORSHIP HISTORY

Japan
Rating: R-15

TIMELINE

2005
January
28: Netherlands – shown at the International Film Festival Rotterdam

April
2: Japan – theatrical release

August
27: UK - shown at FrightFest, London

ALTERNATIVE TITLES

The Neighbor No. Thirteen – English language title

KEYWORDS

comic into film, revenge, split personalites

Last Updated: 15 October, 2008