Hypnosis
(1999)
Regisseur:
Masayuki OchiaiSchauspieler:
Gorô Inagaki, Miho Kanno, Takeshi Masu, Ken Utsui, Yuki Watanabe, Shigemitsu Ogi, Kenta Satoi, Noborou Shirai, Tadao Nakamura, Katsumi Takahashi, Yûko Andô, Masahiro Komoto, Tadao Nakamaru, Takashi UkajiIn der japanischen Hauptstadt weckt eine Serie spektakulärer Freitode die Aufmerksamkeit von Behörden und Medien. Weil sämtliche Opfer zuvor seltsam geistesabwesend wirkten und helle Furcht vor einem geheimnisvollen Grünen Affen bekundeten, zieht der erfahrene Police Detective Sakurai gegen den Willen seiner Vorgesetzten, die dergleichen für Unfug halten, den jüngeren Psychoanalytiker und Hypnosespezialist Toshija zu Rate. Gemeinsam stoßen die Männer auf eine Spur, die geradewegs zu einer populären Fernsehshow führt.
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?
Three apparently unrelated suicides occur on the same day in Tokyo. One involves a young athlete, one a groom at his wedding reception, and the third an elderly man celebrating his wife's birthday. A middle aged detective investigating one of the cases begins to suspect a connection between the three when he discovers that each person mentioned a "green monkey" before they died. With the help of a young psychiatrist he formulates the theory that hypnosis is somehow involved. In the mean time other bizarre "suicides" are reported and the mystery intensifies. Who will be next? What is the truth? Can more deaths be prevented?
