Door III
5.2/10
Rating
89 min
Runtime
1996
Release Year
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Director
Cast
Minako Tanaka, Akihiro Nakazawa, Rinko Mayumi, Ryo Amamiya, Tarō Suwa
Quick Synopsis
Miyako, an insurance saleswoman struggling with a long period of poor sales, tries various methods to attract clients, including aggressive flirting, which only results in unwanted attention. One day, while walking down a narrow stairwell, she twists her ankle and meets Mitsuru, an employee of a mysterious foreign company. Mitsuru, who has a distinctive goth appearance with long black hair and heavy makeup, is both alluring and intimidating. He takes Miyako to his office to treat her injury, where she notices that his all-female staff appear unusually vacant and lifeless, almost like zombies. Following this encounter, Miyako experiences unsettling events: she finds vomit on her doorstep, feels followed by a mysterious woman in a red dress, and increasingly loses control over her reactions to Mitsuru's persistent and overpowering advances.
Detailed Synopsis of Door III
Miyako is a frustrated insurance saleswoman stuck in a major dry spell. She tries every trick in the book, including aggressive flirting, which gets her plenty of gropers but no buyers. One day while venturing down a narrow stairwell, she injures her ankle and happens upon Mitsuru who works for some mysterious foreign company. Decked out in high goth style -- complete with long inky black hair and mascaraed eyes -- Mitsuru cuts quite an odd figure, yet his seductive though menacing ways make him difficult for Miyako to resist. Escorting her to his office to treat her ankle, Miyako notices that his all-female staff seem more glassy-eyed and soul-deadened than the average office workers. In fact, they seem almost like zombies. Later, weird things start happening. Mitsuko finds vomit on her doorstep, she seems to be tailed by a shadowy woman in a red dress, and most strikingly, she finds herself utterly powerless against Mitsuru's advances.
