Summary
Tomie is a mysterious, beautiful girl you just can't get rid of. She will come to your life from nowhere, and whatever you do, kill her or love her, she will come back to you in the end.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Binge-friendly
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You scare easily
Where to watch
Not streaming in United States. Where it is:
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 33GoodWatch 39
IMDb5.1
Audience score15%
Running time
1 h 12 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 horror movies, −23 min on the typical 95
typical 9572Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 1 country
Released
1999
December 26, 1999
27 years ago
Genres
HorrorRomanceLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesIntense
- Sex, nudityModerate
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchTeensBinge-FriendlyPure EscapismNot listed for kids or family movie night.
Directing · 1
- Toshirô Inomata Director
Writing · 2
- Shôtarô Oikawa Writer
- Junji Ito Novel
Production · 3
- Shun Shimizu Producer
- Yasuyuki Uemura Producer
- Naotada Itô Producer
Visual Effects · 1
- Hideki Inoue Visual Effects Supervisor
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Watch order
The Tomie series
Film 2 of 9 · after Tomie · then Tomie: Replay
- Tomie (1998)
GoodWatch score 51Film 1
- Tomie: Another Face (1999)
GoodWatch score 39You're here
- Tomie: Replay (2000)
GoodWatch score 50Film 3
- Tomie: Rebirth (2001)
GoodWatch score 54Film 4
- Tomie: Forbidden Fruit (2002)
GoodWatch score 55Film 5
- Tomie: Beginning (2005)
GoodWatch score 47Film 6
- Tomie: Revenge (2005)
GoodWatch score 40Film 7
- Tomie vs Tomie (2007)
GoodWatch score 49Film 8
- Tomie: Unlimited (2011)
GoodWatch score 44Film 9
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