Nightmare Detective ( 悪夢探偵 , Akumu Tantei ) is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and Hitomi . Masanobu Andō and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. The film is shot entirely within Adachi, Tokyo .
27-399: Nightmare Detective 2 was released in 2008. Matsuda returns in the lead role of Kagenuma. Hitomi declined to reprise her role. The film opens with a middle-aged man drinking beer, when a young man Kyoichi Kagenuma ( Ryuhei Matsuda ) appears from under the floor, and it is revealed that the older man, Mitake, is a former teacher of Kagenuma's father. Kagenuma is being haunted by the soul of
54-464: A daughter whom his wife had aborted without his knowledge. Mitake refuses to help him. Kagenuma wakes up in hospital next to the body of Mitake, and surrounded by Mitake's children. Kagenuma had been in Mitake's dream, to find out who should inherit his property, but cannot answer. As he leaves, Kagenuma telepathically hears the selfish thoughts of Mitake's children, and realises that a messy legal battle
81-403: A lack of professionalism. She is unable to stomach the gruesome scene at her first case, so Ishida mocks her. Her first case is a young woman who has been found dead in her apartment, horribly slashed with a blade placed in her own hand. The fact that the apartment was locked from the inside convinces Ishida and Wakamiya that the case is a suicide; Kirishima is not so sure, as no note was left and
108-403: A lack of professionalism. She is unable to stomach the gruesome scene at her first case, so Ishida mocks her. Her first case is a young woman who has been found dead in her apartment, horribly slashed with a blade placed in her own hand. The fact that the apartment was locked from the inside convinces Ishida and Wakamiya that the case is a suicide; Kirishima is not so sure, as no note was left and
135-578: A middle-aged man drinking beer, when a young man Kyoichi Kagenuma ( Ryuhei Matsuda ) appears from under the floor, and it is revealed that the older man, Mitake, is a former teacher of Kagenuma's father. Kagenuma is being haunted by the soul of a daughter whom his wife had aborted without his knowledge. Mitake refuses to help him. Kagenuma wakes up in hospital next to the body of Mitake, and surrounded by Mitake's children. Kagenuma had been in Mitake's dream, to find out who should inherit his property, but cannot answer. As he leaves, Kagenuma telepathically hears
162-432: A neighbour heard the victim crying out for help. Later, Kirishima's team is confronted by a similar case. A wife saw her husband slash himself to death while asleep in their bed. Kirishima discovers a link between the two unrelated victims; both had last dialled the same number, a sequence not registered anywhere in the country. The recording of both conversations reveals a young woman saying "help me" over and over again. It
189-432: A neighbour heard the victim crying out for help. Later, Kirishima's team is confronted by a similar case. A wife saw her husband slash himself to death while asleep in their bed. Kirishima discovers a link between the two unrelated victims; both had last dialled the same number, a sequence not registered anywhere in the country. The recording of both conversations reveals a young woman saying "help me" over and over again. It
216-408: A rude awakening or a pleasant surprise. For me "Nightmare Detective 2" was a pleasant surprise, but many people I spoke with after the viewing were less enamored by the convoluted story." Japancinema reviewed the film positively, stating, "Nightmare Detective 2 can actually be viewed as a stand alone film, however, watching the original first is always advisable. One big hurdle for viewers to overcome
243-531: A third movie, writing, "I for one truly hope that Tsukamoto and Matsuda will return one final time and wrap the story up in a trilogy. I am sure we will be left with as many questions as answers when everything is done but with a character so compelling and Tsukamoto's unique vision into dreams I for one welcome the challenge of revisiting the Nightmare Detective again. " Nightmare Detective Nightmare Detective ( 悪夢探偵 , Akumu Tantei )
270-508: Is a 2006 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto and released by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc, starring Ryuhei Matsuda and Hitomi . Masanobu Andō and Ren Osugi play supporting roles, and Tsukamoto himself plays the unnamed villain. The film is shot entirely within Adachi, Tokyo . Nightmare Detective 2 was released in 2008. Matsuda returns in the lead role of Kagenuma. Hitomi declined to reprise her role. The film opens with
297-500: Is about to commence. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Keiko Kirishima ( Hitomi ) has recently switched from the National Police Academy to a district police station. Her new colleagues, Detective Ishida ( Ren Osugi ) and Detective Wakamiya ( Masanobu Andō ) do not understand her, and are somewhat resentful of her qualifications. Her own prickly personality does not help matters; she interprets their casualness at crime scenes as
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#1732801764230324-502: Is attacked while asleep. Kirishima again asks the Nightmare detective to intervene. Wakamiya has fallen asleep on the couch in the police station. Kagenuma, now with confidence, finally enters Wakamiya's dream and confronts O. Wakamiya is killed and Kagenuma ends up injured. He want to escape, but Kirishima forces his hand by calling O herself. So he must enter her dream, or let her die. He reluctantly decides to try to save her. Meanwhile,
351-445: Is attacked while asleep. Kirishima again asks the Nightmare detective to intervene. Wakamiya has fallen asleep on the couch in the police station. Kagenuma, now with confidence, finally enters Wakamiya's dream and confronts O. Wakamiya is killed and Kagenuma ends up injured. He want to escape, but Kirishima forces his hand by calling O herself. So he must enter her dream, or let her die. He reluctantly decides to try to save her. Meanwhile,
378-415: Is chased around a derelict school, ultimately being confronted by her inner self, who berates her for her weakness. Eventually, O chases her into an old furnace, trapping her before being attacked by Kagenuma. Kagenuma unlocks a repressed memory of O, revealing that, as a child, his teacher locked him in the same furnace Kirishima is in, alongside his sister who is killed when trying to escape. (The little girl
405-415: Is chased around a derelict school, ultimately being confronted by her inner self, who berates her for her weakness. Eventually, O chases her into an old furnace, trapping her before being attacked by Kagenuma. Kagenuma unlocks a repressed memory of O, revealing that, as a child, his teacher locked him in the same furnace Kirishima is in, alongside his sister who is killed when trying to escape. (The little girl
432-412: Is described as a person with the power to enter dreams. However, Kagenuma is very unwilling to help, because he does not like to use his power. In fact, he had just tried to kill himself, but kids from the neighborhood saved him. The police leave him, and Kirishima suggests calling the mysterious number. In the end Wakamiya makes contact, but Kirishima seems to know something is wrong. Soon after Wakamiya
459-412: Is described as a person with the power to enter dreams. However, Kagenuma is very unwilling to help, because he does not like to use his power. In fact, he had just tried to kill himself, but kids from the neighborhood saved him. The police leave him, and Kirishima suggests calling the mysterious number. In the end Wakamiya makes contact, but Kirishima seems to know something is wrong. Soon after Wakamiya
486-482: Is revealed to be the one who originally said the repeated "help me.") Nightmare Detective 2 Nightmare Detective 2 ( 悪夢探偵2 , Akumu Tantei 2 ) is a 2008 Japanese horror film directed by Shinya Tsukamoto . It is the sequel to the 2007 film Nightmare Detective , with Ryuhei Matsuda reprising his role as Kyoichi Kaganuma. Still haunted by his unwanted abilities, which allows him to enter other people's dreams, and memories of his mother dying when he
513-470: Is suspected that some form of hypnotic suggestion was used. Because of the strange nature of the cases, the chief of the division separates the investigators into two groups. One, led by Detective Ishida, is to carry out 'the standard procedure', while the other, led by both Lieutenant Kirishima and Detective Wakamiya, is to investigate supernatural causes for the murders. This frustrates the rationalistic Kirishima. She and Wakamiya are directed to Kagenuma, who
540-470: Is suspected that some form of hypnotic suggestion was used. Because of the strange nature of the cases, the chief of the division separates the investigators into two groups. One, led by Detective Ishida, is to carry out 'the standard procedure', while the other, led by both Lieutenant Kirishima and Detective Wakamiya, is to investigate supernatural causes for the murders. This frustrates the rationalistic Kirishima. She and Wakamiya are directed to Kagenuma, who
567-409: Is the fact that this film is jam-packed with ambiguity from start to finish but I urge you not to be driven to frustration. The first film had a visceral brutality to it, as this one on the other hand, can be described as a slow ride into silent darkness." The review suggested that a third film would be welcomed. Rowthree.com gave the film 4 out of a possible 5 and also commented that he would embrace
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#1732801764230594-436: The next to die. She believes that only Kagenuma could save her. Kagenuma ignores her pleas for help. Yukie, refusing to give up, returns every day to change his mind. Kagenuma finally decides to take on Yukie's case to understand the circumstances of his mother's death. It, however, demands from Kagenuma more than he expected to give while it leads him into the darkest corners of dreamscape. The character of Lt. Keiko Kirishima
621-403: The other squad is getting close to O in the real world. As Kirishima is close to sleep, she speaks with O, wanting to know how he's able to go into minds. O reveals that he originally wanted to die alongside the first victim, but instead somehow crawled into her mind, feeling a rush and hunger to kill her. Wanting to feel the rush again, he continued to kill other people. In the dream, Kirishima
648-403: The other squad is getting close to O in the real world. As Kirishima is close to sleep, she speaks with O, wanting to know how he's able to go into minds. O reveals that he originally wanted to die alongside the first victim, but instead somehow crawled into her mind, feeling a rush and hunger to kill her. Wanting to feel the rush again, he continued to kill other people. In the dream, Kirishima
675-506: The selfish thoughts of Mitake's children, and realises that a messy legal battle is about to commence. Meanwhile, Lieutenant Keiko Kirishima ( Hitomi ) has recently switched from the National Police Academy to a district police station. Her new colleagues, Detective Ishida ( Ren Osugi ) and Detective Wakamiya ( Masanobu Andō ) do not understand her, and are somewhat resentful of her qualifications. Her own prickly personality does not help matters; she interprets their casualness at crime scenes as
702-415: Was a child, Kyoichi Kagenuma ( Ryuhei Matsuda ) contemplates suicide while slowly drowns in his world of misery. Yukie Mashiro ( Yui Miura ), having heard rumours about Kagenuma's extraordinary abilities, visits his home to beg for his help. She tells him she suffers from nightly nightmares that are getting scarier. The murderous ghost in the dreams has already killed two of her friends and she's afraid she's
729-431: Was meant to return in the sequel, but Hitomi declined to reprise her role. The film received generally positive reviews. Twitchfilm reviewer Ard Fijn gave it a positive review, writing, "Shinya Tsukamoto has made a very impressive film with some strong statements about loss and grief, and has wrapped this in a fantasy horror mystery thriller. People expecting a regular entry from one of those four genres are in for either
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