Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.
- Kevin Ward1 juli 2025Really well done home invasion, stalker/thriller. Feels like a thinly veiled jab at telemarketers and door-to-door salesman. I simultaneously really liked and hated the ending. On one hand the chase through the apartment with the overhead POV panning from room to room was a really awesome shot. On the other hand, typical frustrating character decisions stretch believability. Like, how is your first action after exiting the bathroom not to call the cops. I ain’t tucking my son gently into bed until I know 1000% where Rapey McRaperson is. Maybe that’s just me though. Solid thriller, even though it’s light on the slashing.
- adam82025 juni 2025This is an interesting movie for a variety of reasons, with a wild final stretch that, even if a bit laughable in parts, is competently filmed. By today's standards, this may seem a little slow in terms of a look at the "slasher" genre done in Japanese, but it's slow cooker nature does a really effective job building up toward the climax. Set in the middle of bubble-era 80's Japan, we get a real sense of loneliness present in that go-go boom culture: a husband who's not at home, no sign of many neighbors in an otherwise occupied apartment high-rise, a thankless door-to-door sales job, and an apartment that's pristine but somehow devoid of "life". Not present is the typical slasher conservative eye of Reagan-era America judging loose teens and dooming them to a gruesome death; instead, we're treated to a unique look at the genre in the middle of it's golden era from a different perspective.
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Door was released on 14 mei 1988.
Door was directed by Banmei Takahashi.
Door has a runtime of 1 u, 34 m.
Door was produced by Kosuke Kuri.
Yasuko, a housewife, lives in an urban high-rise apartment with her husband Satoru and her son Takuto. Annoyed by spam calls and door-to-door salesmen, Yasuko slams the door on a salesman’s hand when he tries to squeeze a flyer through the apartment's chained front door. He leaves, but the next day, her nightmare starts.
The key characters in Door are Yasuko Honda (Keiko Takahashi), Yamakawa (Daijiro Tsutsumi), Satoru Honda (Shirō Shimomoto).
Door is a Horror, Thriller, Mysterie film.
Door has an audience rating of 6.4 out of 10.