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I came to Tokyo at twenty-three for a summer job at a Shibuya mini-theatre and the job never quite ended. Fifteen years of festivals later I still think the only review that counts is the one the room gives you: where the laugh lands, the moment three hundred people stop moving at once, whether anybody stays for the credits.

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— Daren Wise, Tokyo

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‘#Cult’ movie review: Vishwak Sen’s slasher thriller is ambitious but lacks finesse

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Vishwak Sen is back in fine form as an actor, but the film would have benefitted from sharper writing and execution

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