If you want to read my review of Under Your Bed, read this post. In アンダー・ユア・ベッド, Naoto lived ignored by everyone except Chihiro. 11 years later, he meets her again and realizes that something has changed. As he investigates why, he is overcome by disturbing impulses.
Naoto Mitsui (Kengo Kora) has always been invisible to everyone, like an insect under a rock. In college, Chihiro treated him with intimacy, affection and interest.
“She and I are people from completely different worlds.”
Chihiro Sasaki (Kanako Nishikawa) was beautiful, radiant, smiling, full of life and with a sparkle in her eyes, but after graduating, she disappeared.
“I hope to look at her like this forever.”
Now, at 30 years old, wanting to be treated the same way once again, Mitsui sought out and found Chihiro, but now she is the opposite of what she once was.
Under Your Bed review: a deep dive into human obsession
After graduating at age 24, she married a civil servant and moved to the suburbs of a coastal city and had a newborn son.
“I hope to hear her calling my name again.”
He came across a lifeless person, carrying deep sadness, anguish and bitterness. There was nothing he could recognize.
“But why has she changed so much? I want to know why.”
Mitsui expected to visit her, be recognized, have their favorite coffee together and return home, but he gave in to the urge to find out more.
“I’m like that, monitoring her dozens of times a day.”
By observing and photographing, he knew more than anyone the details of her life, her family and her home.
Around the 10th day of stalking Chihiro, Mitsui saw her suffer domestic violence. Out of nowhere, she was attacked by her husband.
“I finally understood why she, who was beautiful, is like this now.”
Conflicted between right and wrong, what he wanted to do and what he could do, Mitsui observed the abusive relationship more and more closely.
Unable to decide between his primitive impulses, the excitement of voyeurism, and the need to save Chihiro’s life.
Exploring voyeurism in Under Your Bed review
Studies show that most people who practice voyeurism don’t have the disorder, just the excitement of spying.
Sadism is a characteristic of an incurable disorder manifested at its most severe level. It is inhumane and makes your stomach turn.
And despite the term “inhumane”, several animals, considered irrational, have shown themselves to be much more human than we.
Why you should watch Under Your Bed
I won’t leave Under Your Bed ending explained or a download link here, but If you have triggers with stalkers and domestic violence, it might not be a good idea to watch.
If you still want to know a little more about how the minds of people who commit such acts work, watch it.
Under Your Bed trailer
I really feel that you will like this one. So I decided to do this Andâ Yua Beddo review. Go ahead, immerse yourself in the story, the environment and the soundtrack.
And come back later to tell me what you think in the comments. This Japanese film was one of the ones that provoked me the most and made my stomach churn.
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