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Doppelganger

Doppelganger

What if your worst nightmare… turned out to be you?

20037.01h 47m

Overview

Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own.

Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Ken Furusawa
Produced by Atsushi Sato, Motoo Kawabata, Takayuki Nitta
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Top Cast

Koji Yakusho

Koji Yakusho

Michio Hayasaki

Hiromi Nagasaku

Hiromi Nagasaku

Yuka

Yusuke Santamaria

Yusuke Santamaria

Kimishima

Masahiro Toda

Masahiro Toda

Aoki

Hitomi Sato

Hitomi Sato

Takano

Akira Emoto

Akira Emoto

Murakami

Hajime Inoue

Hajime Inoue

Dankan

Dankan

Medicom Industrial Employee

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Motoo Kawabata

E

Eisuke Suzuki

Takashi Nagai

Themes & Keywords

inventoridentity crisissplit personalitydoppelgängerdualitypsychological horror

About Doppelganger

Doppelganger is a comedy, science fiction, thriller film released in 2003 exploring themes of inventor, identity crisis, split personality, doppelgänger, duality, psychological horror. Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa, it stars Koji Yakusho, Hiromi Nagasaku, Yusuke Santamaria. Shortly after hearing from a colleague about a woman whose brother committed suicide after seeing his doppelgänger, a Japanese engineer on the verge of a breakthrough in medical technology is confronted by his own.

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