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Call from Darkness
“A psycho mystery. The one she loves is about to vanish. Is someone luring him out? Or...”
63%
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2h 5m
AI Analysis
Call from Darkness (1981) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Call from Darkness (1981) — a movie tagged as Thriller, Drama, and Mystery with cerebral and tense moods and slow-burn pacing.
Story & themes: Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved and now Tatsuo, seized with the idea that he too may disappear, has had a nervous breakdown. Aizawa suggests that Tatsu… Our models also surface themes such as ai from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for solo focused viewing. Expect slow-burn storytelling (~125 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate Call from Darkness 63% (7 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.
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Call from Darkness suits viewers who want a cerebral and tense film — check the trailer and reviews before committing a full evening.
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from 7 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved and now Tatsuo, seized with the idea that he too may disappear, has had a nervous breakdown. Aizawa suggests that Tatsuo recount his dreams as a means of solving the mystery, since human beings have an instinct that foretells the near future in the form of a dream. Keiko and Tatsuo eventually discover that the three disappearances have a strange connection…
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1981-09-26
- Runtime
- 2h 5m
- TMDB rating
- 6.3
- TMDB ID
- 416341
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What is Call from Darkness about?
Keiko Inagawa pays a visit to neurologist Aizawa about her fiancé Tatsuo Tamura. A mysterious case involving the disappearance of Tatsuo’s three brothers, one after the other, is yet to be resolved... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for Call from Darkness?
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How long is the movie Call from Darkness?
The official runtime for Call from Darkness is approximately 125 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Asami Kobayashi
Keiko Inagawa

Kaoru Kobayashi
Tatsuo Tamura

Etsushi Takahashi
Yoshio Aizawa

Masakane Yonekura
Toyokichi Kuze

Junko Miyashita
Mitsu Harada
- M
Mitsuko Yorichika
Satsuki Akashi

Atom Shimojo
Kuninao Fujimura

Yutaka Nakajima
Hiroko Harada

Tomoe Hiiro
Aizawa's wife

Yasukiyo Umeno

Eri Kanuma
Rie Harada

Akiko Hoshino

Tetsuro Tamba
Sugibayashi
- Y
Yoshio Ōmori
Toba

Kibaji Tankobo
Hospital patient
- N
Nobushi Takeuchi
Shohei Harada
- K
Kamon Kawamura
- Y
Yoshihisa Hotta
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