• Director(s)

    Takashi Komatsu

  • Production Year

    2000

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Mystery, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Tatsuya Fujiwara, Maya Kurosu, Ikkei Watanabe

Film

Persona

moderate bloody images, suicide references, violence, threat

PERSONA is a Japanese mystery thriller drama, from 2000, in which a student reporter embarks on an investigation after several of her classmates who were previously victims of bullying start wearing porcelain masks to school.…

PERSONA is a Japanese mystery thriller drama, from 2000, in which a student reporter embarks on an investigation after several of her classmates who were previously victims of bullying start wearing porcelain masks to school.

violence
Occasional moderate violence includes brief sight of groups of people beating up individuals, and an undetailed image of a person being struck by an arrow. A masked teenager uses a switchblade to make a small cut on another person’s cheek. There are also infrequent verbal references to domestic abuse.
threat and horror
Moderate threat includes unsettling scenes in which teenagers wearing masks engage in menacing and occasionally violent behaviour.
injury detail
A mask is lifted off a person’s face to reveal moderately gory burn wounds. There are brief images of a body lying in a pool of blood in the aftermath of what is initially believed to be suicide. A dead teenager without visible injuries is found floating in a body of water.
suicide and self-harm
A teenager dies from apparent suicide, resulting in moderate bloody detail. However, it is subsequently revealed that the teen was actually murdered. Other scenes contain undetailed verbal references to suicide.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Teenagers at a raucous house party are shown playing party games that involve kissing; when another boy contemplates joining in, his friend scolds him and calls him a ‘pervert’. In another scene, a teenage girl states that her classmate ‘forced’ her to be his girlfriend, but there is no further detail. Bad language includes ‘bastard’, ‘pissed off’, ‘bullshit’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’. There are also mild scenes of school bullying, in addition to references to bullying.

  • Director(s)

    Takashi Komatsu

  • Production Year

    2000

  • Genre(s)

    Drama, Mystery, Thriller

  • Approx. running minutes

    90m

  • Cast

    Tatsuya Fujiwara, Maya Kurosu, Ikkei Watanabe

moderate bloody images, suicide references, violence, threat
Classified Date:
28/10/2024
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Arrow Film Distributors Ltd
violence
Occasional moderate violence includes brief sight of groups of people beating up individuals, and an undetailed image of a person being struck by an arrow. A masked teenager uses a switchblade to make a small cut on another person’s cheek. There are also infrequent verbal references to domestic abuse.
threat and horror
Moderate threat includes unsettling scenes in which teenagers wearing masks engage in menacing and occasionally violent behaviour.
injury detail
A mask is lifted off a person’s face to reveal moderately gory burn wounds. There are brief images of a body lying in a pool of blood in the aftermath of what is initially believed to be suicide. A dead teenager without visible injuries is found floating in a body of water.
suicide and self-harm
A teenager dies from apparent suicide, resulting in moderate bloody detail. However, it is subsequently revealed that the teen was actually murdered. Other scenes contain undetailed verbal references to suicide.
flashing/flickering lights
This work contains flashing images which may affect viewers who are susceptible to photosensitive epilepsy.
additional issues
Teenagers at a raucous house party are shown playing party games that involve kissing; when another boy contemplates joining in, his friend scolds him and calls him a ‘pervert’. In another scene, a teenage girl states that her classmate ‘forced’ her to be his girlfriend, but there is no further detail. Bad language includes ‘bastard’, ‘pissed off’, ‘bullshit’, ‘damn’ and ‘hell’. There are also mild scenes of school bullying, in addition to references to bullying.
Contains moderate violence and threat
Classified Date:
01/11/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
International Trading (UK) Ltd.
Classified Date:
07/11/2006
Version:
2D
Use:
Physical media + VOD/Streaming
Distributor:
Second Life Entertainment Ltd

  • Classified date

    28/10/2024

  • Language

    Japanese