# Kotoko (2011)

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**Original title**: *KOTOKO*
**Runtime**: 91 min
**Genres**: Drama, Horror
**Directed by**: Shinya Tsukamoto
**Written by**: Shinya Tsukamoto, Cocco
**Starring**: Cocco, Shinya Tsukamoto, Yuko Nakamura, Eiichi Takahashi, Ryugo Nakamura

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

January. A hospital hallway, the smell of antiseptic and sweat.

A woman clutches her own ribs as a nurse leads her to check on the son she may never hold again.

Tsukamoto’s cracked mirror, shattered logic laid bare.

**Mood tags**: foreign-gem, gut-punch, surreal, tender

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