# House (1977)

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**Original title**: *ハウス*
**Runtime**: 88 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
**Directed by**: Nobuhiko Obayashi
**Written by**: Chiho Katsura
**Starring**: Kimiko Ikegami, Kumiko Ohba, Ai Matsubara, Miki Jinbo, Eriko Tanaka, Masayo Miyako

> *In the heart of a violet forest, an old house awaits young girls.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Summer dusk. A red scarf whipped from a windowsill.

Three city girls unpack grief and folklore in a crumbling mansion where a doll’s smile turns upside down at midnight.

A busload of echoes finally arrives home.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, 3am-cult, playful, surreal

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