Kirei

き・れ・い? ‧ Movie ‧ 2004
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Nov 12, 2025
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Overall 5.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 3.0
Music 4.5
Rewatch Value 2.0
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Great idea, meh execution

I had high hopes for this movie in the first half because the plot is very intruiging. The build-up of tension as Yoshie asks for more and more surgeries and begins to snoop around in the doctor's life is quite suspensful and I enjoyed it.
However, aside from the graphic gore, I found the acting underwhelming, especially towards the last act. It feels like they used the excessive gore and sex scenes as a way to make it horror, but fail to give the story a satisfying conclusion. Additionally, not getting ANY information on Yoshie seems like a lazy route in my opinion.
So in conclusion, this movie was a good idea on paper but badly executed, and the characters were so shallow I didn't remember any of their names except Yoshie. Lastly, as someone who speaks german I was greatly offended by the lover using the german word for female genitalia and other random words during sex, that is such a turnoff lmao

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Details

  • Title: Kirei
  • Type: Movie
  • Format: Feature Film
  • Country: Japan
  • Release Date: Aug 21, 2004
  • Duration: 1 hr. 25 min.
  • Genres: Horror
  • Tags: Suspense
  • Content Rating: Not Yet Rated

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  • Score: 5.8 (scored by 14 users)
  • Ranked: #60862
  • Popularity: #99999
  • Watchers: 51

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