Product Details

• Actors: Miho Kanno, Mami Nakamura, Yoriko Dôguchi, Tomorowo Taguchi, Kouta Kusano
• Directors: Ataru Oikawa
• Writers: Ataru Oikawa, Junji Ito
• Producers: Shun Shimizu, Tatsuhiko Hirata, Tsutomu Tsuchikawa, Yasuhiko Higashi, Youichiro Onishi
• Format: Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: Japanese
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Adness
• DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004
• Run Time: 95 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B0000UX5YI
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #106,165 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
• For more information about "Tomie" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

A police investigation into the murder of high school student Tomie Kawakami (Miho Kanno) uncovers a history of mysterious deaths of girls with the same name going back to the 1860s. Detective Harada (Tomoro Taguchi) tracks down a classmate of Tomie named Izumisawa Tsukiko (Mami Nakamura), an art student who is being treated for amnesia. She has no memory of the 3 month period around Tomie’s death, and is starting to suspect the cause might be supernatural. Meanwhile, Tsukiko’s new neighbor, her former high school teacher, Yamamoto Tanabe (Kenji Mizuhashi) is rearing a peculiar baby-like creature. Over the span of a few weeks it grows into a beautiful teenaged girl with orange eyes and responding to the name Tomie Kawakami. And Tomie will not die.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Movie, Became A HUGE Fan! But You May Not, May 31, 2005

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GameraRocks "captpicardfan" (Gillsville, GA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Tomie (DVD)

Tomie is a compelling story about this "demon" girl that makes men go mad with jealousy over her. I am one of the unfortunate people who have not read the Manga comics, but watching the movie made me an instant fan. I have become a huge fan. Though not scary, this horror movie is more of a suspense and mystery movie. Not much horror at all, but it's a different story with the sequels. Everyone talks about the theme song to the movie, and I have to agree, it's one of the best theme songs for any horror movie I have ever heard, it's very memorable. It's as memorable as the theme from Halloween.

This movie is awesome, but don't watch it if you want to see a movie that will scare your pants off, because not matter how good this movie is, it's not scary. The sequels, on the other hand, are more horror oriented and you know you're watching a horror movie. If you want a thought provoking, intelligent movie, this is for you. Unfortunately, because the people who made the movie assume you have read the comics, you will walk away from the movie confused at some parts. It's a 100% guarantee that if you haven't read the comics, you will have some confusion. The movie asks so many questions, but gives so few answers. Despite the confusion, the movie still comes off as a great movie. This is for anyone who loves Japanese movies. If you're like me, you will become an instant fan of the film series. I love it!

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes they come back, August 20, 2004

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bonsai chicken (United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tomie (DVD)

A young man is jostled in the street. He steps aside to check on his package. Through a hole in the bag, something peers back at him...

Photography student Tsukiko suffers from amnesia and insomnia, but when she does sleep, she dreams of herself covered in blood...

A detective is investigating the murder of a high school girl named Tomie, and its connection with similar murders in other locations, dating back over 100 years - all of a girl with the exact same name...

TOMIE is an effective Japanese thriller based on the manga by Junji Ito. While there aren't really any big scares, it does build up some nice tension through skillful camerawork and deliberate pacing. I don't think it'll keep me up at night like other Asian horror films of the past few years did, but it's an intriguing story that leaves room for mystery and imagination.

The DVD is presented in Japanese with optional white English subtitles, anamorphic widescreen, and Dolby digital 5.1 stereo, though I didn't notice any sound separation as I was watching. The image quality is a bit washed-out looking, but it's good enough. There are trailers for the five TOMIE films as well as a making-of featurette.

The film is unrated. It is a bit bloody but not particularly graphic, and would be fine for teens and up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating tale of a demon in the guise of a schoolgirl; leaves many questions unanswered, November 2, 2010

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Channel KDK12 "Channel KDK12 - Serious Horror" (New Orleans, LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Tomie (DVD)

Tomie is a schoolgirl who has the good fortune to be killed, over and over again. Why good fortune? Because she's really a demon in disguise, and with each death she multiplies and sends men to Hell. This first installment in the Tomie series tells of Tomie and Tsukiko, best friends at school until something happens that leaves Tomie missing and Tsukiko with strange dreams, but no memory. As Tomie regains her former powers, regrown from her severed head, she creeps closer and closer to Tsukiko and the truth of what happened. Tomie is a cult hero, a feminist nightmare--an evil demon who uses femininity to send men to Hell and spread the feminine mystique. The movies bring lots of men out, too, to see the beautiful Tomie--perhaps there is some truth to the tale?

The full Tomie story is not covered in any one installment; I suggest that you follow Tomie with Tomie: Another Face for more insight into Tomie's origins and purpose.