House of Sayuri
Sayuri | Kôji Shiraishi | JP 2024 | 108 Min
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Su,22.09.▸20:30
When faced with a resolute grandmother, even the most hideous demon turns into a laughing stock. The tri-generational Kamiki family moves into a house that turns out to be haunted by a paranormal roommate. This causes the new residents a whole lot of hardship – until the grandmother—formerly punch-slinging, now mentally-confused— suddenly roars back to full capacity. Genre maverick Kôji Shiraishi (Safe Word, SLASH 2022) not only weaves genuinely gruesome horror, absurd comedy and an emotionally grounded origin story into a haunted house gem, but also delivers a spirited plea for joie de vivre. Fuck off, demon! (me)
Kôji Shiraishi
was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. He started out in the film business as a crew member on films by directors like Sōgo Ishii, whose Crazy Thunder Road he once called his favorite film. After making a string of his own independent films in the late 1990s, he became involved in the production of horror movies at the start of the current century. Since then he has directed a whopping one hundred movies, videos, shorts, and music videos, including Sadako vs. Kayako (SLASH 2016), Funôhan and, most recently, House of Sayuri. Shiraishi-san has always had a penchant for fake documentaries, a genre to which he contributed with movies like Noroi: The Curse (2005), A Record of Sweet Murder and Aishiteru! (2022), among others. In 2016, he compiled his methods of mockumentary-making into the Textbook of Fake Documentaries.
was born and raised in Fukuoka, Japan. He started out in the film business as a crew member on films by directors like Sōgo Ishii, whose Crazy Thunder Road he once called his favorite film. After making a string of his own independent films in the late 1990s, he became involved in the production of horror movies at the start of the current century. Since then he has directed a whopping one hundred movies, videos, shorts, and music videos, including Sadako vs. Kayako (SLASH 2016), Funôhan and, most recently, House of Sayuri. Shiraishi-san has always had a penchant for fake documentaries, a genre to which he contributed with movies like Noroi: The Curse (2005), A Record of Sweet Murder and Aishiteru! (2022), among others. In 2016, he compiled his methods of mockumentary-making into the Textbook of Fake Documentaries.
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