Gemini

Sep 15, 1999

1h 24m

★ 6.5

Overview

When his mother's untimely death quickly follows his father's, a doctor begins to believe a killer may be targeting him and his amnesiac wife.

Genres

Drama

Fantasy

Horror

Production Companies

Marubeni

Kaijyu Theater

Gemini Trailers

Cast

Yukio Daitokuji

Masahiro Motoki

Rin

Ryo

Yukio's Mother

Shiho Fujimura

Yukio's Father

Yasutaka Tsutsui

Shige

Masako Motai

Taki'e

Hisako Ôkata

Suzu

Yuki Inomata

Toshiko

Yuriko Hirooka

Beggar Monk

Renji Ishibashi

Kakubê

Akaji Maro

Rich Man

Naoto Takenaka

Revenger with Sword

Tadanobu Asano

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