Absolute mind-fuck of a movie. The powerful beach scene with the intense sound of waves crashing while Mamiya approaches. Detective Takabe not being able to understand Mamiya, thus diving and falling deeper into the psychological fuck-up and losing himself in the process.
“Tell me about you. ”
“By desiring to understand evil, we get close to it, and if we get close to evil we will become evil.”
the play on lighting and sound to trap the audience into the setting creates an experience separate from the traditional horror jump scares