Tomie: Beginning
富江 BEGINNING
Within days after the mysterious new student Kawakami Tomie joins a high school classroom, all hell literally breaks loose. Simple in-fighting between boys and girls over Tomie's oppressive shadow soon gives way to mind-breaking violence, culminating in a grizzly dissection that ultimately leads to suicide, insanity, and even more violence.
Why it matters
Tomie: Beginning delivers a disturbing dive into supernatural body horror wrapped in high school psychodrama, channeling the eerie dread of Junji Ito’s iconic manga.
- A chilling portrait of obsession and decay, where Tomie’s regenerative curse warps reality and sanity alike.
- Practical gore effects that punch through the typical J-horror aesthetic with gruesome, tactile brutality.
- Perfect for fans of body horror and cursed-entity tales who want their scares laced with teenage angst and societal fracture.
- Captures the era’s rising fascination with female monstrosity and the destructive power of desire in a claustrophobic school setting.
Director
6 horror films in catalog
Cast
Horror DNA
Gore
100
Slow Burn
50
Psychological
86
Supernatural
20
Creature
36
Disturbing
100
Fun Factor
0
Cerebral
43
Survival
33
