World Apartment Horror (1991)
1h 37m
Running Time
April 5, 1991Release Date
World Apartment Horror (1991)
1h 37m
Running Time
April 5, 1991Release Date
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Plot.
A Yakuza underling is given the assignment to rid an apartment of its tenants within a week. He tries a variety of desperate tactics to no avail. Soon his problems get worse as an evil spirit makes its presence known.
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Release DateApril 5, 1991
Original Nameワールドアパートメントホラー
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 37m
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World Apartment Horror (ワールド・アパートメント・ホラー, Wārudo apātomento horā) is a 1991 Japanese comedy horror film directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, with a screenplay by Otomo and Keiko Nobumoto from a story by Satoshi Kon. The film stars Sabu (credited as Hiroki Tanaka) as a yakuza henchman who encounters the language barrier and evil spirits in his attempts to evict a Tokyo apartment full of foreigners.
Sabu received the Best New Actor Award at the Yokohama Film Festival in 1992. A manga adaptation by Kon was published by Kodansha, under the same title, on August 1, 1991.