# Door (1988)

> A Japanese homemaker’s everyday apartment door becomes the boundary between domestic routine and escalating terror from an obsessed salesman.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/270650

## Facts

- Runtime: 94 min
- Genres: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
- Director: Banmei Takahashi
- Cast: Keiko Takahashi, Daijiro Tsutsumi, Shirō Shimomoto, Takuto Yonezu, Masao Ishida, Hiroshi Noguchi, Yoshihiro Shimada
- TMDB rating: 6.1/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0223150/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: foreboding, claustrophobic, paranoid, late night horror marathon, rainy night

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