Released Date:
1998-01-31
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (47249 Reviews)
Director:
Hideo NakataHiroshi Takahashi (screenplay)
Kèji Suzuki (novel)
Reiko Asakawa is researching into a 'Cursed Video' interviewing teenagers about it. When her niece Tomoko dies of 'sudden heart failure' with an unnaturally horrified expression on her face, Reiko investigates. She finds out that some of Tomoko's friends, who had been on a holiday with Tomoko the week before, had died on exactly the same night at the exact same time in the exact same way. Reiko goes to the cabin where the teens had stayed and finds an 'unlabeled' video tape. Reiko watched the tape to discover to her horror it is in fact the 'cursed videotape'. Ex-Husband Ryuji helps Reiko solve the mystery, Reiko makes him a copy for further investigation. Things become more tense when their son Yoichi watches the tape saying Tomoko had told him to. Their discovery takes them to a volcanic island where they discover that the video has a connection to a psychic who died 30 years ago, and her child Sadako...
Released Date:
1998-01-31
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
96 min
Rated:
UNRATED
IMDB Ratings:
7.3 (47211 Reviews)
Director:
Hideo NakataHiroshi Takahashi (screenplay)
Kèji Suzuki (novel)
Reiko Asakawa is researching into a 'Cursed Video' interviewing teenagers about it. When her niece Tomoko dies of 'sudden heart failure' with an unnaturally horrified expression on her face, Reiko investigates. She finds out that some of Tomoko's friends, who had been on a holiday with Tomoko the week before, had died on exactly the same night at the exact same time in the exact same way. Reiko goes to the cabin where the teens had stayed and finds an 'unlabeled' video tape. Reiko watched the tape to discover to her horror it is in fact the 'cursed videotape'. Ex-Husband Ryuji helps Reiko solve the mystery, Reiko makes him a copy for further investigation. Things become more tense when their son Yoichi watches the tape saying Tomoko had told him to. Their discovery takes them to a volcanic island where they discover that the video has a connection to a psychic who died 30 years ago, and her child Sadako...
Released Date:
2010-11-13
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
South Korea, Japan
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (188 Reviews)
Director:
Tarè OhtaniBruce Joel Rubin (based upon the screenplay by)
Miho Nakazono (screenplay)
Shimako Sato (screenplay)
A man tries to solve his lover's murder by communicating with her spirit through the help of a medium.
Released Date:
2010-11-13
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
South Korea, Japan
Runtime:
115 min
IMDB Ratings:
5.7 (190 Reviews)
Director:
Tarè OhtaniBruce Joel Rubin (based upon the screenplay by)
Miho Nakazono (screenplay)
Shimako Sato (screenplay)
A man tries to solve his lover's murder by communicating with her spirit through the help of a medium.
Released Date:
2013-04-26
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
124 min
IMDB Ratings:
6.3 (1506 Reviews)
Director:
Takashi MiikeGenres:
ThrillerKazuhiro Kiuchi (based on the novel by)
Tamio Hayashi (screenplay)
After killing a 7-year-old girl, psychopath Kunihide Kyomaru turns himself in to the police. Since his victim was the daughter of one of the country's richest men, terminally ill billionaire Ninagawa, who buys ads in all the major papers offering a hefty reward for anyone who kills Kunihide. There are a few caveats, including a clause that the execution must be authorized by the government, but the consequences are clear: It's open season on Kunihide, who has nothing but five dedicated cops to protect him, led by security police lieutenant Kazuki Mekari.
Released Date:
2014-07-19
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
103 min
Rated:
PG
IMDB Ratings:
7.8 (4438 Reviews)
Director:
Hiromasa YonebayashiJoan G. Robinson (novel)
Keiko Niwa (screenplay)
Masashi Ando (screenplay)
Hiromasa Yonebayashi (screenplay)
David Freedman (screenplay)
A young girl is sent to the country for health reasons, where she meets an unlikely friend in the form of Marnie, a young girl with flowing blonde hair. As the friendship unravels it is possible that Marnie has closer ties to the protagonist than we might expect.
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