TOMIE

Tomie is a 1999 Japanese horror film directed by Ataru Oikawa, and starring Miho Kanno and Mami Nakamura.

After suffering some kind of trauma in her past that has since been repressed by means of amnesia, Tsukiko is trying to heal her memories with the help of her doctor. By using hypnosis, the doctor has manage to make Tsukiko bring out some of her lost memories; however, one of the most recurrent events in the sessions is her repeating the name Tomie. Nonetheless, she is completely unable to remember how or where she knows that person from. At the same time, the police are investigating a series of gruesome murders that seem to be also connected to someone named Tomie. Later on, it is revealed that both Tsukiko and Tomie share a strange connection and only one of them will be able to come out alive.