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Introduction 13

representation of fear itself. Lastly, in the chapter’s final pages, it is to
Shimizu Takashi and Tsukamoto Shinya, two of contemporary Japanese
horror cinema’s premier and most consistently influential filmmakers,
that I once again direct my attention. In particular, I examine how
Shimizu Takashi’s Marebito (2004) and Tsukamoto Shinya’s Vital (2004)
offer not only indispensable new visions, but construct fertile points of
departure for Japan’s next wave of horror directors.