Dancing Mary

STORY

Kenji is the youngest member of a team in charge of creating a gigantic shopping center. But in order to build the new complex, an old dance hall must be destroyed: every effort to tear down the building is sabotaged by a mysterious power. In fact, there is a rumor that the place is cursed, and that the construction crew had even thought about hiring exorcists, but none of them seems to be able to find the solution.
Kenji happens to meet a high school girl, Yukiko, who has ability to talk with ghosts. Yukiko tries to speak with the ghost who haunts the dance hall. Finally, she finds out that it is the ghost of Mary, who once was dancing at this hall...

Director: SABU
Cast: NAOTO, Aina YAMADA, Ryo ISHIBASHI
Fantasy-Romance/2019/Color/105min
Japanese title: ダンシング・マリー
Japanese Theatrical Release: November 5th, 2021

Film Festivals
- SITGES - International Fantastic Film Festival of Catalonia (2019)
- Fantasporto - Porto International Film Festival (2020) *Special Award of the Fantasy Jury
- Nippon Connection (2020)
- Bucheon International Fantastic Film Festival (2020)
- Shanghai International Film Festival (2020)
- Imagine Film Festival (2020)
- New York Asian Film Festival (2020)
- MOTELX - Lisbon International Horror Film Festival (2020)
- Vancouver International Film Festival (2020)
- Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival (2020)
- Golden Horse Film Festival (2020)
- Fantaspoa - International Fantastic Film Festival of Porto Alegre (2021) *Honorable Mentions - Best Use of Cinematography for Narrative Intentions
- Asian Film Festival (Italy/2021) *Most Original Film Award
- Japan Film Festival Brussels (2021)

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