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Exte
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5.9An aspiring hairdresser becomes the infatuation of a tricophilic man who sells hair extensions to nearby salons. The source is the corpse of a girl whose corpse continues to grow beautiful, voluminous, black hair that comes alive, either driving the extension user insane or killing them.
Cast
- Chiaki Kuriyama as Yuko Mizushima
- Ren Osugi as Gunji Yamazaki
- Megumi Sato as Yuki Morita
- Tsugumi as Kiyomi Mizushima
- Eri Machimoto as Sachi Koda
- Miku Satô as Mami
Themes
- japan
- irreverent
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Ratings
IMDb
6.3/10
3,470 votes
- Year
- 2007
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Comedy, Horror
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win
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Wikidata facts
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 487946
- Official website
- www.exte-movie.jp
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- publication date
- 2007-01-01
- title
- エクステ
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is a 2007 Japanese supernatural horror film written and directed by Sion Sono, and stars Chiaki Kuriyama, Ren Osugi, and Megumi Satō. The title is a Japanese slang shortening Romanization of the English term "extension" from "hair extension".
The plot involves an aspiring hairdresser (Kuriyama) who becomes the infatuation of a trichophile man who sells hair extensions to nearby hair salons. The source of the hair is the stolen corpse of a girl whose dead body continues to grow beautiful and voluminous black hair that comes alive, driving those who use the extensions insane or killing them. The movie was released in the U.S. as Exte: Hair Extensions.