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:
2004-10-30
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
119 min
IMDB Ratings:
(3043 Reviews)
Director:
Nobuhiro DoiTakuji Ichikawa (novel)
Yoshikazu Okada (screenplay)
Mio's death leaves husband Takumi and 6 year old son Yuji fending for themselves. Taku occasionally suffers fainting spells, is disorganized, and fears that his health hindered Mio's happiness. Yuji overheard relatives speculate that his delivery compromised her health, and he blames himself for her death. Mio left him a picture book in which she departs for "The Archive Star" but re-appears during the rainy season the following year, and he eagerly awaits her return. Taking a walk in the forest outside their house, Taku and Yuji find a woman sheltering from the rain and immediately accept her as Mio. She has no memory or sense of identity, but comes home to live with them anyway. She asks Taku how they met and fell in love, and he recounts a tale of years of missed chances starting in high school until she encouraged their marriage years later. As the rainy season nears its end, Yuji finds the "time capsule" he hid with his mother before her death. Mio's diary is inside, and its version of the romance holds the answers to the mystery.
Released Date:
2007-09-29
Languages:
Japanese
Countries:
Japan
Runtime:
138 min
IMDB Ratings:
(292 Reviews)
Director:
Isao YukisadaGenres:
DramaShusuke Shizukui (novel)
Isao Yukisada (screenplay)
Chihiro Itè (screenplay)
Tomoko Yoshida (screenplay)
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