A chef's life is disrupted by a chime that brings with it an increasing sense of dread.
Direction
Kurosawa's masterclass in off-screen horror
Sound
That chime will live in your head rent-free
Editing
45 minutes that feel like drowning slowly
Director
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Mutsuo Yoshioka
Takuji Matsuoka
Seiichi Kohinata
Ichiro Tashiro
Hana Amano
Akemi Hishida
Junpei Yasui
Sakuma
Koji Seki
Yoshizawa
Giko
Hiroko Tachibana
Noa Kawazoe
Fumie Miyashita
Koki Ishige
Kenichi Matsuoka
Koichi Yamada
Cooking Class Student
Miyu Ooyama
Cooking Class Student
Mayumi Chihiro
Cooking Class Student
Yuki Matsui
Cooking Class Student
Shoki Matsui
Cooking Class Student
Karin Imai
Cooking Class Student
Kunihiro Sato
Cooking Class Student
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Chime was produced as part of 'Shin Jukai,' a Japanese streaming anthology designed to showcase veteran directors working with tight constraints.
Kurosawa reportedly wanted viewers to feel the sound physically—mixing the chime at frequencies that trigger unconscious discomfort.
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