Product Details

• Actors: Yôsuke Eguchi, Masanobu Andô, Aoi Miyazaki, Hijiri Kojima, Minoru Torihada
• Directors: Toru Matsuura
• Writers: Scott Gensch, Yûji Sakamoto
• Producers: Atsuko Ohno, Kenzô Horikoshi
• Format: Animated, Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English (Dolby Digital 2.0), Japanese (Dolby Digital 4.0)
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.77:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: Unrated
• Studio: Section 23
• DVD Release Date: February 27, 2007
• Run Time: 122 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000L212E0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #275,448 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Synesthesia" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Mari suffers from synesthesia, a rare disorder that mixes up the senses. She’s lived a sheltered life, but when her adoptive parents die mysteriously, Mari’s condition may hold the key to catching a dangerous serial killer. Now she and Shinsuke, another synesthete, must catch the killer before Mari becomes his next victim.

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not what you'd expect, March 3, 2008

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J. Davis "A Duck's Opinion is Greatly Influen... (The Catalina F'n Wine Mixer) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Synesthesia (DVD)

Synesthesia was a very disappointing flick. I had purchased it after reading the plot synopsis on the back, which to be honest sounded like a really great movie idea. The writers and directors must not have really understood the disease in the first place.
Synesthesia (the movie) basically is about murderer (who for some reason represents himself by some sort of elk, yes an elk) who is afflicted with the disease and is leaving messages at the crime scenes that can only be seen by other synesthesiacs. This was the main fault of the movie, the disease is unique to every person and it would not be possible for two people to have exactly the same symptoms (i.e. seeing yellow makes you smell burnt toast, looking at the number 6 makes you taste jelly beans, etc.). So the movie drags on for over two hours without anything ever really interesting happening, not even a good action or chase scene. Even when the killer leaves the "unseen" messages and the other charactor notices them nothing happens, no special effects to let you see what the charactor sees just this girl saying, "oh you see that pool of blood, well he left the letter M right there on the floor."
Synesthesia sounds very interesting and it very well could have been a great movie but I assure you it was a long waste of time.

4.0 out of 5 stars Much better than what most people are saying . . ., November 8, 2009

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R. C. Watt (Toronto, ON) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Synesthesia (DVD)

I think that if you have already had some experience watching Japanese movies you may prefer this more than if it is your first foray into Japanese cinema. Yes, the movie is fairly long and slow at some points but the story is interesting and the characters more or less believeable.
Not all movies need to be fast paced or full of intense action sequences to be good.
I recommend this movie, more to fans of Japanese films, but as well to those looking for something not "Hollywood."

3 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars rental at best, July 15, 2007

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Tim Giunta "superhero" (NJ) - See all my reviews
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well, i made the mistake of picking this movie up after reading the product description and coming to the conclusion that, for the price, it was a steal. for the first hour or so the movie is interesting, however *SPOILERS AHEAD* after the death of a certain key character the movie slips downhill. *END SPOILERS* even more so, i felt as if i was ripped off by the ending, which is quite predictable if you know movie cliches. this movie is a rental at best.