Charisma

A seasoned detective is called in to rescue a politician held hostage by a lunatic. In a brief moment of uncertainty, he misses the chance for action. Leaving his job and family without explanation, he makes his way to a mountain forest, encountering a peculiar tree called Charisma.

Mystery · Drama · Thriller · Released on 1999-11-10

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lateen watched this on 2026-05-15

Still not quite sure what to think about this movie. Its got the usual Kiyoshi Kurosawa style, Koji Yakusho is great (how could he not be?). I feel like the movie is wanting to be a thriller, but something is holding it back, up until the end. I feel like there’s interesting philosophical ideas being presented, but none of it really hit me at any point.

I think the only way for me to come to a conclusion about this movie is to watch it again. In that way I’m glad. Its pretty rare that I feel I NEED to watch a movie again, I usually only want to.

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