The Neighbor No. Thirteen

The Neighbor No. Thirteen
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Directed by	Yasuo Inoue
Written by	Santa Inoue (manga) Hajime Kado (screenplay)
Starring	Shido Nakamura Shun Oguri
Cinematography	Taro Kawazu
Edited by	Urahama Taro Shôjirô Urahama
Music by	Reiji Kitazato
Distributed by	Media Suits
Release date	28 January 2005
Running time	115 min.
Country	Japan
Language	Japanese

The Neighbor No. Thirteen (隣人13号, Rinjin Jūsan-Gō, lit. "Neighbor Number 13") is a horror genre film, released in December 2005. It was directed by Yasuo Inoue, written by Santa Inoue and Hajime Kado, and starred Oguri Shun and Nakamura Shido.

Synopsis

The Neighbour No. 13 is about a peaceful, young man named Murasaki Juzo who had been horribly bullied as a child, from eating bugs to having acid over his face and in his eye, leaving him traumatized. Now he's older and just got a new job at a construction company. Unfortunately, he finds out his boss is the kid who used to bully him, and what's worse is that his boss has just moved into the apartment above him. His boss doesn't remember who Juzo is, but it seems his bullying ways have not faded away. He constantly picks on Juzo at work. All the pent up anger inside of Juzo manifests itself as 13 -- Juzo's other self. It seems that Juzo has been a schizophrenic for some time, but nothing really happened until his childhood traumatizer kicked the switch. Now 13 is going around eliminating anyone and everyone around him.

Cast

• Nakamura Shido as 13-gō / No. 13 (Shido Nakamura)
• Oguri Shun as Jūzō Murasaki
• Hirofumi Arai as Tōru Akai
• Yumi Yoshimura as Nozomi Akai
• Tomoya Ishii as Hajime Seki
• Minoru Matsumoto as Shinigami

Remake

James Wong will direct the US remake of the film, which is planned with an 2011 release.

External links

• The Neighbor No. Thirteen at IMDb