Zoo
Mar 19 2005
•2h 59m
•Horror, Animation
Five different directors adapt the works of Japanese author Otsuichi in this collection of unconventional live-action and animated shorts. A woman is murdered under odd circumstances in the title film, "Zoo"; twin sisters are treated differently in "Kazari and Yoko"; two siblings find themselves trapped in "Seven Rooms"; a survivor learns about life and death in "When the Sun Shines"; and parents lose the ability to see each other in "So Far."
Cast
See allPatrick Harlan
Gaijin
Yui Ichikawa
Rimiko
Ryunosuke Kamiki
Ryoko Kobayashi
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