The second film in the Tomie franchise explores Tomie's nature in three vignettes. A demon who is continually reborn, Tomie manipulates men and provokes murder. The first story shows her as a high school student whose hold on her boyfriend is threatened when he reunites with his old crush. The second tells the story of a photographer obsessed with the memory of a woman he saw in his youth… Tomie. In the third story, Tomie's fiancé meets a coroner who knows the dark secrets of her past.
Tomie Another Face (1999)
Director: Toshiro Inomata
Starring: Runa Nagai
72 min
© 2000 Junji Ito/ The Asahi Shinbun Company/ Kansai Telecasting/Kadokawa Pictures
Review:
While the original Tomie is played as a thriller, the second film in the series assumes you know Tomie's back-story—she's a regenerative demon that all men find alluring. This film focuses on Tomie's personality, but it brings up just as many questions as it answers. Tomie is shown to be jealous, vindictive, and bloodthirsty, but her demon nature—what exactly she is and why she's this way—isn't as clear-cut and gives the viewer a lot to think about.
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--rebecca
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