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The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1 (2007)
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Original name: 劇場版「空の境界」第二章 殺人考察（前）
Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
August 1995: Mikiya first meets Shiki in a white kimono during a snowing day. Later on, at the high school freshmen ceremony, Mikiya sees Shiki in the crowd and chases after her, introducing himself to her. But Shiki hides a big secret: A wave of bizarre murders occur around many loose ends, and no suspects. there are still many questions: Who to believe? Who is the murderer? What is the secret of Shiki? and especially: Who is SHIKI?
Style:
anime, tense, captivating, suspense, disturbing, adult animation, detective, dark drama
Plot:
murder, boy girl relationship, murder mystery, school, relationships, schoolgirl, classmate, secret, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, classmate classmate relationship, porn, mature, police, supernatural, superpower, serial killer, violence, split personality, snow, death, paranormal phenomena, running, inheritance, father daughter relationship, rain ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out anime, adult animation, suspense and tense films with plots about supernatural, gore, murder, violence, blood, danger and death mostly in Animation, Drama and Horror genres. Some movies like The Garden of Sinners: A Study in Murder - Part 1: Perfect Blue (1997), Another (2012), Black Butler: Book of Murder (2014), B: The Beginning (2018), The File of Young Kindaichi (1997). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Place:
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Country: Japan
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Time:
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Duration: 120 min.
Story:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 58 min.
Story:
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Genre: Animation, Action, Crime, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 46 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Japan
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
Duration: 22 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
100%
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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Country: Japan
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