Rémi / Higurashi (played by Romain Duris) is a protagonist in Final Cut.
The director of the production, Higurashi repeatedly demands genuine terror and real tears from the performers. His obsession with making the final scene believable drives him to push the cast beyond their limits and continue filming amid real danger. He later claims to have triggered a curse and shed blood to raise the dead, but even his final confession is interrupted when he cuts the scene for being too long. Nadia / Natsumi (played by Bérénice Bejo) is a protagonist in Final Cut.
Nadia brings her daughter to see the work during the increasingly chaotic production. Philippe / Hosoda (played by Grégory Gadebois) appears in Final Cut.
Hosoda becomes involved in a grotesque zombie sequence involving a severed arm during rehearsals, as the production’s dangerous and oppressive atmosphere intensifies. Raphaël / Ken (played by Finnegan Oldfield) appears in Final Cut.
Ken plays a central performer in the zombie scene, repeatedly begging for his life while being attacked with an axe. He grows closer to his scene partner amid the chaos and appears to be fatally wounded while trying to protect her. Ava / Chinatsu (played by Matilda Lutz) appears in Final Cut.
Chinatsu attacks Ken with an axe during the repeatedly failed opening take and cries while performing the scene. She later discovers that the axe is real, grows closer to Ken, and panics as the fictional violence becomes genuinely dangerous. Madame Matsuda (played by Donguri) appears in Final Cut.
Mélanie (played by Florence Janas) appears in Final Cut.
Gaby (played by Yvon Martin) appears in Final Cut.
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Characters
Rémi / Higurashi
(played by Romain Duris) — protagonist
The director of the production, Higurashi repeatedly demands genuine terror and real tears from the performers. His obsession with making the final scene believable drives him to push the cast beyond...
Nadia / Natsumi
(played by Bérénice Bejo) — protagonist
Nadia brings her daughter to see the work during the increasingly chaotic production.
Philippe / Hosoda
(played by Grégory Gadebois) — supporting
Hosoda becomes involved in a grotesque zombie sequence involving a severed arm during rehearsals, as the production’s dangerous and oppressive atmosphere intensifies.
Raphaël / Ken
(played by Finnegan Oldfield) — supporting
Ken plays a central performer in the zombie scene, repeatedly begging for his life while being attacked with an axe. He grows closer to his scene partner amid the chaos and appears to be fatally wound...
Ava / Chinatsu
(played by Matilda Lutz) — supporting
Chinatsu attacks Ken with an axe during the repeatedly failed opening take and cries while performing the scene. She later discovers that the axe is real, grows closer to Ken, and panics as the fictio...
Madame Matsuda
(played by Donguri) — minor
Mélanie
(played by Florence Janas) — minor
Gaby
(played by Yvon Martin) — minor
Armel / Yamakoshi
(played by Sébastien Chassagne) — supporting
Yamakoshi is connected to a grotesque zombie sequence involving his severed arm during the troubled production.
Canonical Relationships
Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.
Madame Matsuda → Ava / Chinatsu
(Power Script Authority)
Madame Matsuda demands fidelity to the original script while Chinatsu performs the prescribed zombie attack.
Madame Matsuda → Raphaël / Ken
(Power Script Authority)
Madame Matsuda insists that the actors follow the Japanese script almost exactly, despite complaints about its dialogue and zombie logic.
