# Dragon Head (2003)

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**Original title**: *ドラゴンヘッド*
**Runtime**: 122 min
**Genres**: Drama, Mystery, Science Fiction, Thriller
**Directed by**: George Iida
**Written by**: George Iida, Masaru Nakamura, Hiroshi Saito
**Starring**: Satoshi Tsumabuki, Sayaka Kanda, Takayuki Yamada, Naohito Fujiki, Yoshimasa Kondo, Kyusaku Shimada

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A tunnel. Three hours to Tokyo. A scream cut short.

The school trip’s last leg explodes into darkness. Teru pulls himself from wreckage to find the carriage a slaughterhouse, empty of life.

A quiet film where the earth remembers what the eyes cannot.

**Mood tags**: dread, outsider, slow-burn

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