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A detective starts spiraling out of control when a wave of gruesome murders with seemingly similar bizarre circumstances is sweeping Tokyo.


“All she wants is a little kiss...”
Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss."

Reika Hashimoto
Asuka Hoshino

Kaori Kawamura
Kasumi

Shunsuke Matsuoka
Yusuke Shiraki

Masanobu Ando
Tatsuo Sorayama

Hijiri Kojima
Aoi
Seri Iwahori
Aika
Anji
Mary Ayabe
Sawaco
Mayumi
Shinzen Okada
Kikuo Kaneuchi
Black Kiss is a crime, drama, horror, mystery, romance film released in 2004 exploring themes of murder, serial killer, tokyo, japan. Directed by Makoto Tezuka, it stars Reika Hashimoto, Kaori Kawamura, Shunsuke Matsuoka. Asuka is an aspiring model who moves to Tokyo to pursue her career. She moves into a small apartment with a friend of a friend, Kasumi. A bizarre murder occurs in the hotel across the street. The body was mutilated and repositioned into a lurid work of art. After this, a string of murders start happening all around the two girls, as if some crazed serial killer was following them. At the scene of each crime, the perpetrator leaves a black lip print, and is subsequently dubbed "The Black Kiss."
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