Neighbour No. 13(隣人13号)

Name: Neighbour No. 13
Genre: Horror, Thriller

Japan · 2005
Rated R · 1h 55m
Director Yasuo Inoue
Starring Shidô Nakamura, Shun Oguri, Hirofumi Arai, Yumi Yoshimura
Genre Horror, Thriller

Jûzô Murasaki is a boy miscast in his classroom, being frequently abused, tortured, beaten and humiliated by the bully Tôru Akai and his gang of juvenile punks. After years of repression, rejection and fear without facing Akai, he develops a psychopathic dual personality with a violent alter-ego. While living in the apartment 13 of a tenement building, he becomes unable to control his violent dark personality, who plots an evil revenge against his upper floor neighbor Akai and his family.

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The New York Times by

Suffering its own split personality, The Neighbor No. Thirteen is an art house exploitation film neither arty nor exploitative enough.

Village Voice by Ben Kenigsberg

Because the metaphysics driving it are so fuzzy, this is the rare horror film where even sludgy viscera elicit only yawns.

The Hollywood Reporter by Frank Scheck

Has an impressive visual style that reveals its director's music-video experience. Unfortunately, that's about all it has going for it because its sluggish pacing and confusing story line will prevent it from appealing to all but the most rabid J-horror fans.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer by Sean Axmaker

Though it's rarely dull, first-time feature director Yasuo Inoue has a better eye for intriguing and unusual imagery than dramatic staging, and he illustrates his points long before he runs out of un-endings.

New York Post by V.A. Musetto

The Neighbor No. Thirteen forgoes the manic violence of the Korean revenge stunner "Oldboy" in favor of leisurely paced suspense with sudden bloody outbursts.