Synopsis
Juzo Murasaki is a young man traumatized by his experience of bullying at school. He returns to his hometown and takes a job on a building site with his old nemesis Toru Akai. But Juzo's trauma has created a monster; he harbors a second personality, Neighbor No. 13, a vicious, brutal and disfigured character intent on exacting a painful revenge on his bully.
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Cast
- Shido NakamuraNo. 13
- Shun OguriJuzo Murasaki
- Hirofumi AraiToru Akai
- Yumi YoshimuraNozomi Akai
- Tomoya IshiiHajime Seki
- Minoru MatsumotoShinigami / God of Death
- Gekidan HitoriComedian on TV
- Mitsu MurataGolf Shop Employee
- Takashi MiikeKaneda
- Shuhei Koizumi
Recommendations
- 75
New York Post
The Neighbor No. Thirteen forgoes the manic violence of the Korean revenge stunner "Oldboy" in favor of leisurely paced suspense with sudden bloody outbursts. - 58
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Though it's rarely dull, first-time feature director Yasuo Inoue has a better eye for intriguing and unusual imagery than dramatic staging, and he illustrates his points long before he runs out of un-endings. - 50
Variety
Scores big in the first few minutes with its atmospheric lensing of the protag's literal separation into two distinct characters, but then settles into a standard psycho-killer payback drama. - 50
The New York Times
Suffering its own split personality, The Neighbor No. Thirteen is an art house exploitation film neither arty nor exploitative enough. - 40
Village Voice
Because the metaphysics driving it are so fuzzy, this is the rare horror film where even sludgy viscera elicit only yawns. - 40
The Hollywood Reporter
Has an impressive visual style that reveals its director's music-video experience. Unfortunately, that's about all it has going for it because its sluggish pacing and confusing story line will prevent it from appealing to all but the most rabid J-horror fans.
