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Director:
Writer:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (writer)
Release Date:
9 November 2005 (USA)
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Tagline:
Yûrei ni aitai desu ka? (Do you want to meet a ghost?)
Plot:
Japanese university students investigate a series of suicides linked to an Internet Web cam that promises visitors the chance to interact with the dead. full summary | add synopsis
Plot Keywords:
Internet
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Shadow
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Alone
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Forbidden Room
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One Word Title
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Awards:
2 wins
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1 nomination
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(4 articles)
Tokyo Sonata - Trailer
(From LateFilmFull. 20 April 2009, 11:38 PM, PDT)
Sfiaaff 2009: Kiyoshi Kurosawa—Serpent’s Path & Eyes of the Spider
(From Twitch. 19 February 2009, 12:03 AM, PST)
(From LateFilmFull. 20 April 2009, 11:38 PM, PDT)
Sfiaaff 2009: Kiyoshi Kurosawa—Serpent’s Path & Eyes of the Spider
(From Twitch. 19 February 2009, 12:03 AM, PST)
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The creepiest horror movie ever made
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only)| Haruhiko Katô | ... | Ryosuke Kawashima | |
| Kumiko Asô | ... | Michi Kudo | |
| Koyuki | ... | Harue Karasawa | |
| Kurume Arisaka | ... | Junko Sasano | |
| Masatoshi Matsuo | ... | Toshio Yabe | |
| Shinji Takeda | ... | Yoshizaki | |
| Jun Fubuki | ... | Michi's mother | |
| Shun Sugata | ... | Boss | |
| Shô Aikawa | ... | Employee | |
| Kôji Yakusho | ... | Ship Captain | |
| Kenji Mizuhashi | ... | Taguchi | |
| Takumi Tanji | ... | Man with Bag | |
| Hassei Takano | ... | Student A | |
| Atsushi Yuki | ... | Student B | |
| Go Takashima | ... | Student C |
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MPAA:
Rated R for some violent images.
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Runtime:
118 min | Hong Kong:119 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 |
USA:Not Rated |
Germany:12 |
Australia:MA (2006) |
New Zealand:R13 |
Canada:13+ (Quebec) |
Singapore:PG |
France:U |
Hong Kong:IIB (DVD rating) |
South Korea:15
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A large number of scenes were shot from windows.
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Soundtrack:
Hane Lay Down My Arms
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Sorry for the hyperbole topic but I mean it. I am a horror movie fanatic and I have become desensitized to cheap scares with loud noises and murderers running around with axes. I am very picky and only like one out of every few dozen horror movies I watch. I also don't like nonsensical supernatural horror that uses creepy images as a gimmick without actually bothering to make any sense. So when I say that this is the creepiest horror movie ever made, it is not hyperbole.
That said, this movie will bore or confound the average horror movie watcher. It is not linear or logical and it doesn't explain everything that is going on, but it doesn't have to.
This is an apocalyptic horror movie about loneliness and how people may become distant islands and ghosts even through connecting technology like cellphones and the internet. I don't know how anyone can make a horror movie about loneliness and make it creepy as hell but Kiyoshi Kurosawa pulled it off.
That's all you need to know. Experience it with the lights off, no breaks, noise or distractions, or I will lock you in a room with a depressed ghost and tape the door shut with red tape until you become so lonely you will evaporate into nothing.