Theatrical trailer for Shin'ya Tsukamoto's NIGHTMARE DETECTIVE (AKUMU TANTEI)

A theatrical trailer for Shin'ya Tsukamoto's Nightmare Detective (Akumu Tantei) has been added to the official website for the movie.

Distribution rights for Nightmare Detective are being offered for sale by Movie-Eye Entertainment Inc. (Mûbî-Ai Entateinmento K.K.) at this year's American Film Market (AFM) in Santa Monica, California. The movie is scheduled to be screened at the Mann Criterion #5 on Tuesday November 7th at 9:00 a.m.; it was screened at the Mann Criterion #6 today (Friday November 3rd) at 3:00 p.m.. Movie-Eye Entertainment is scheduled to release it theatrically in Japan on January 13th of next year.

The screenplay for Nightmare Detective was written by Tsukamoto. The movie stars Ryûhei Matsuda as the titular character 'Nightmare Detective' ('Akumu Tantei'), and hitomi as Keiko Kirishima. It co-stars Masanobu Andô, Ren Ôsugi, Yoshio Harada, and (Shin'ya) Tsukamoto.

Here's a synopsis for Nightmare Detective from the official website for the movie: "A competent detective, Keiko Kirishima, encounters two mysterious suicides. Somehow the two incidents seem to be connected since the victims dialled the same number '0' with their cellphones just before their death. Then one of the victim's wife who was sleeping next to him, testifies that it looked like someone was attacking him in the dream. Keiko and her colleagues visit the reference room, looking for a clue to solve the mystery of the two suicides. There, they found information about a man, so-called 'Nightmare Detective', who can enter one's dream. Keiko asks him to cooperate with their sting operation but is bluntly refused. The murder's riddle is still unrevealed and later on we even found out that he holds the same power to slipping into people's dreams. Though a direful ending is already expected, knowing there is no other way out, Keiko approaches the truth and decides to dial the deadly '0' by herself...."

For more information on Nightmare Detective, see ScreenAnarchy's fourth, third, second, and first articles on it.

Nightmare Detective official website (w/ theatrical & teaser trailers)

Nightmare Detective press conference video - large (in Japanese; streaming Windows Media)
Nightmare Detective press conference video - medium (in Japanese; streaming Windows Media)
Nightmare Detective press conference video - small (in Japanese; streaming RealMedia)
Nightmare Detective still #1 (24 KB JPEG)

Nightmare Detective still #2 (36 KB JPEG)
Variety: Nightmare Detective review