# Masked Ward (2020)

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**Original title**: *仮面病棟*
**Runtime**: 114 min
**Genres**: Crime, Thriller
**Directed by**: Hisashi Kimura
**Written by**: Hisashi Kimura, Mikito Chinen
**Starring**: Kentaro Sakaguchi, Mei Nagano, Rio Uchida, Noriko Eguchi, Ryohei Otani, Masanobu Takashima

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

An overcast night. A clown-masked figure’s laughter echoes down the hospital hallway.

Shugo, the on-call relief doctor, is sealed inside with 64 strangers while the attacker chains the front doors. Hitomi, a bleeding teenager in a gym uniform, is the price for free passage.

Kimura wraps the chaos in tight corridors and masked malice—J-horror meets hostage claustrophobia.

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

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