The Neighbor No. Thirteen Double

DVD Review: Tokyo Shock version. 2 Disc set. Depending what you get, you'll get a tee-shirt with the package, a documentary, MTV thing, deleted scenes, making of and some sneak peek thing. The picture quality is good and audio is good.Movie Review: SO(!!!!!!!!!!) did I watch a paradox, a delusion or WHAT?!?!? I don't get it. I thought the majority of the movie was the reality until I read the opinions of these people saying that the final moments of the movie is the reality. WHAT? Well if that is the case, this movie sucks. I just watched a delusion; a hypothesis. And if THAT'S the case then what's the point of it all??? Plus the acid thing made no sense either. When acid is poured on your face it leaves a scar and yet the protagonist didn't have one (though his alter ego did). *shrugs in consternation* Alrighty then. Well, anyways, the violence is good... Oh wait! That never happened! The horror elements are good..... Oh that's right! That didn't happen either! The story is revenge based which is typical but adding the element of an alter ego who is psychotic was great.... OH! THAT NEVER HAPPENED EITHER!!! So if the paradoxical conclusion was real then this movie was ruined from the beginning and (leaving me to give all of you a logical berating) only a delusional moron would find this movie brilliant.Conclusion: 4 stars for the DVD, 1 star if the finale was real or 3 1/2 stars if the finale was not true at all but a "what if" scenario in which I THOUGHT it was but apparently I am wrong.

for me it was hard to follow at first. It took me some time to understand what was going on in the movie. The start and the end were confusing to me. I had bought it to see how Yumi Yoshimura was as an actress; I feel she did an excellent job in the movie. I'm a Puffy fan so I wanted to see her performance. The main theme of the movie was about bullying that was a problem in Japanese schools and revenge, etc. Some of the scenes were over the top by American standards but I tried to keep it in the Japanese prospective. I feel I would not have bothered with the movie if it wasn't for Yumi Yoshimura.

This Movie made the switch from one pesonality to the next so easy to follow. It was a little off in some places, but it was still pretty good though.

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Nothing like the definite articles to confound the Asian language as we see in the title of the film. The film is dubbed in English. Jûzô Murasaki was bullied as a youngster by Akai and his gang. Later in life Jûzô lives in apartment 13 while Akai lives in 23. He winds up working for a construction company where Akai continues to bully him. Jûzô develops an alter ego which enacts revenge.The alter ego is "my real face" as it is disfigured from acid. This is a film that is well done, well written, but has low action level and the plot didn't overly engage me in spite of being clever. The dialogue I found boring. The entertainment value left a little something to be desired. The comedian on TV was cringe worthy.The film has blood, bullying, violence and male rear nudity. The ending was unexpected.Note: If pouring acid on someone, you should wear gloves, apron, safety goggles and a face shield...just saying. If you get acid spilled on you, 15 minutes of flushing is recommended. HF acids spills require special treatment.

"The Neighbor No. Thirteen," is a strange thriller that might not appeal to many tastes, however, I liked the film. The story centers on the character Murasaki Juzo (Oguri Shun). When Murasaki was a young elementary student he was constantly picked on by fellow classmates, and one in particular named Akai Juzo. In one of Akai's moments of bullying he even has his friends hold Murasaki down while he forces Murasaki to eat excrement. However, the most horrific bullying that Murasaki encounters is when Akai's friends hold him down one day while Akai pours acid onto his face.Flashforward into the adulthood of Murasaki: and Murasaki's life has been permanently changed due to the trauma of his childhood experiences. One day, while working at his construction job, he noticies that new neighbors have moved into his building. And thus begins a spine-chilling thriller. At his construction job, Murasaki encounters his childhood nemesis. Akai has not matured into an adult, but is still the bully that Murasaki remembers as a young boy. When Akai locks Murasaki in the outdoor comode he is using, Murasaki crashes it open sending Akai to the ground. Only there is a change in Murasaki. Murasaki has a different appearance, and the alter-ego of Murasaki has emeged. After years of repressed and built up rage, the face the viewer sees is that of a blind and scar-faced man.Akai continues to harass Murasaki, however, Akai does not know that Murasaki lives in the same building as he does. Akai neither knows that Murasaki knows his wife and child, nor does he know that the rage inside of Murasaki is about to explode. The viewer is unaware if what they are watching are the psychotic delusions of Murasaki, or if these are real events that Murasaki is going through. Especially how he is depicted physically. But it is the emotional trauma of Murasaki that has allowed his alter ego to finally take hold of him and now controls him. I will not spoil the film for you, however, it does have a strange twist. Especially concerning the acid spilled on his face. Recommended. Rent it first.