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Howling Village

2019 · 108 min · Director: Takashi Shimizu ★ IMDb 5 · 1,774 ratings

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The legend and fright of of the Inunaki village of Japan comes back to life. Everything there is cursed and morbid. Moreover, the village actually exists. Enter Kanae a licensed and practicing psychologist who not only is curious vocationally, but herself can communicate with the spirits. She finds herself personally involved when her brother and his girlfriend find themselves in trouble within the limits of Inunaki.

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Howling Village (2019) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Fear 35%, Tension 25%, Disturbing 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Fear35%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Fear, Tension, Disturbing. Genres: Thriller, Mystery, Horror. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Fear, Tension and Disturbing. Its IMDb rating of 5.0/10 suggests a mixed audience reception; consider how well the emotional profile suits you. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 59/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Curiosity

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Curiosity

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Fear

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
Curiosity
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 8 %, then peaks around 83 %, then dips around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingCuriosity
2.5 %≈ 3′Curiosity60 %55 %30 %60 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Curiosity57 %51 %40 %59 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Curiosity59 %50 %50 %54 %
17.5 %≈ 19′Disturbing63 %54 %54 %50 %
22.5 %≈ 24′Curiosity59 %51 %45 %55 %
27.5 %≈ 30′Curiosity63 %56 %44 %55 %
32.5 %≈ 35′Tension71 %69 %51 %48 %
37.5 %≈ 41′Tension75 %74 %55 %45 %
42.5 %≈ 46′Fear80 %74 %60 %49 %
47.5 %≈ 51′Curiosity73 %57 %50 %59 %
52.5 %≈ 57′Curiosity61 %41 %39 %66 %
57.5 %≈ 62′Curiosity68 %49 %55 %64 %
62.5 %≈ 68′Disturbing75 %60 %70 %56 %
67.5 %≈ 73′Tension74 %66 %64 %57 %
72.5 %≈ 78′Tension78 %75 %61 %55 %
77.5 %≈ 84′Sadness86 %84 %69 %38 %
82.5 %≈ 89′Tension88 %76 %70 %30 %
87.5 %≈ 95′Sadness76 %53 %64 %39 %
92.5 %≈ 100′Disturbing63 %40 %58 %47 %
97.5 %≈ 105′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence
Riches to rags

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AM
Ayaka Miyoshi

AM
Ayaka Miyoshi

Kanae Morita

RB
Ryôta Bandô

TF
Tsuyoshi Furukawa

RÔ
Rinka Ôtani

Akina Nishida

HM
Hina Miyano

Maya Kagoi

Renji Ishibashi

Hayato Nakamura

TS
Takamasa Suga

Keisuke

MO
Megumi Okina

Yuko

RT
Reiko Takashima

Ayano Morita

MT
Masanobu Takashima

Akira Morita

MT
Minori Terada

Yamanobe

AS
Akira Sasamoto

Ryotaro

MT
Masahiro Toda

Dr Uchida

Details

Directed by
Takashi Shimizu
Written by
Takashi Shimizu, Daisuke Hosaka
Type
Movies
Released
2019
Runtime
108 min
Country
Japan
Ratings
★ IMDb 5 · 1,774 ratings
Feels mostly
Fear
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