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Sim-Feng Shui

Japanese literary, film, and video game series

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Sim-Feng Shui (シム・フースイ, Shimu-Fūsui) is a supernatural fiction literary series about the exploits of a group of feng shui experts and their conflicts with various spiritual disturbances across Japan. Volume 4.0 of the series has been adapted into a live action film and a video game for the PlayStation. The series is a spin off of Hiroshi Aramata's Teito Monogatari series.

01Characters

  • Tatsuto Kuroda: the grandson of Shigemaru Kuroda, a feng shui practitioner.
  • Mizuchi Ariyoshi: a female psychic who helps Kuroda.
  • Otsu: Mizuchi's animal companion, a black cat.
Front and back cover art of the PS1 game case
Front and back cover art of the PS1 game case

02Volumes in the main series

  • Version 1.0: ワタシnoイエ
  • Version 2.0: 二色人(ニイルピト)の夜
  • Version 3.0: 新宿チャンスン
  • Version 4.0: 闇吹く夏
  • Version 5.0: 絶の島事件

03Tokyo Dragon

Tokyo Dragon
Cover of the VHS Edition
Directed byKeiji Kataoka
Written byKeiko Nobumoto
Based on the novel by:
Hiroshi Aramata
Produced byMisako Sata
Hisashi Iino
StarringKippei Shina
Misa Shimizu
Emiri Nakayama
Mickey Curtis
Music byToshiyuki Honda
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
CountryJapan
LanguageJapanese

In 1997, Version 4.0 of the series was adapted into a made for TV film entitled Tokyo Dragon (東京龍) produced and released by Ace Pictures.

04Video game

Volume 4.0 (闇吹く夏) of the series was also adapted into an Action-adventure game for the PlayStation released in 1999.

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