Film

Orochi - Blood

2008 · 1h 47m · Drama · Fantasy · Horror

IMDb

6.2

The story of Orochi revolves around the life of the Monzen family. Aoi Monzen, a famous, but aging, movie star and Kazusa and Lisa Monzen her two daughters. Aoi hopes for them both to take over her legacy as a star, but Kazusa does not live up to her expectations. The mother is always pitting the girls against one another competitively. As a result, as the years pass, the love the sisters shared grows to a hidden hatred. When another girl named Orochi saves the girl's mother from a terrible accident a bizarre chain of events is set in motion spanning many years. The atmosphere in their estate builds up until Orochi reveals a terrible truth that the family must keep hidden from the world. Orochi serves as the narrator of the story. The movie is based on a Kazuo Umezu manga series which ran from 1969 to 1970.

Yoshino Kimura

Aoi Monzen / Kazusa

Noriko Nakagoshi

Risa Monzen

Mitsuki Tanimura

Orochi / Yoshiko

Taro Yamamoto

Hiroshi Onishi

Kyusaku Shimada

Shitsuji

Yoko Ohshima

Masae

Natsumi Yamada

Risa (child)

Satoui

Kazusa (child)

Seika Kuze

Kataoka (music teacher)

Kaoru Kusumi

Tarō Suwa

• Norio TsurutaDirector
• Hiroshi TakahashiWriter
• Kazuo UmezuStory
• Gen SatoProducer
• Masatake KondoProducer
• Tsugio HattoriProducer
• Tsutomu YamamotoProducer
• Hiroshi SunagaEditor

Release date

September 20, 2008

Status

Released

Original language

Japanese

Runtime

1h 47m

Genres

Drama, Fantasy, Horror