# Day Dream (1981)

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**Original title**: *白日夢*
**Runtime**: 110 min
**Genres**: Drama, Fantasy, Horror
**Directed by**: Tetsuji Takechi
**Written by**: Tetsuji Takechi
**Starring**: Kyōko Aizome, Kei Satō, Takemi Katsushika, Saeda Kawaguchi, Sengoro Shigeyama, Taiji Tonoyama

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Dentist's waiting room on a languid afternoon with a ticking clock. A young woman sits beside an artist. 
He imagines her in brutal scenes after anesthesia.
A 1981 Japanese fantasy horror film blurs reality lines.

**Mood tags**: body-horror, dread, surreal

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