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The Scissors Massacre
The Scissors Massacre

The Scissors Massacre

A classic horror thriller not to be missed!

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HorrorDramaThriller

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Three sisters grow up on a chicken farm in a small town in Gifu. The oldest sister, Yukie Sawada, is engaged to be married, the middle sister, Sachiko works at a beauty salon and the youngest, Mayu, is on the track team in high school. Their happy, carefree lives are changed forever when Yukie's ex-boyfriend Suzuki commits an atrocious crime. Half-crazed and bent on revenge against the Sawada family, Suzuki mistakes Mayu for Yukie and pours acid all over her face. Overwhelmed by physical and psychological trauma, Mayu sinks deeper into depression and isolation, unresponsive to her sisters encouragement. Meanwhile, chilling news of a serial murderer, who preys on the alumni of Mayu's high school, sends shockwaves through their small town...

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Japanese

Runtime

98 mins

Rating

5.476/10

Release Date

22 March 2008

Country

Japan

Cast

Rin Asuka

Rin Asuka

Mayumi Sawada

Yukie Kawamura

Yukie Kawamura

Sachiko Sawada

Mayuko Iwasa

Mayuko Iwasa

Yukie Sawada

Akihiro Mayama

Akihiro Mayama

Seiji Moriyama

Yousuke Saito

Yousuke Saito

Mitsuzo Sawada

Miki Hayashi

Miki Hayashi

Junko Muraoka

Erina

Erina

Kaoru Yamamoto

Haruka Nishimoto

Haruka Nishimoto

Kimiko Yoshizawa

Sari Kurauchi

Sari Kurauchi

Tanaka

Kōta Kusano

Kōta Kusano

Kenji Kojima

Masashi Taniguchi

Masashi Taniguchi

Masahiko Suzuki

Hideo Nakano

Hideo Nakano

Shohei Nemoto

Seiko Ando

Seiko Ando

Female Student

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