Premonition (2004)
"Yogen" (original title)

While stopped at a roadside phone boot for transmitting his work through Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five years ... See full summary »

Director:

Norio Tsuruta

Writers:

Noboru Takagi (screenplay), Norio Tsuruta (screenplay),

Stars:

Hiroshi Mikami, Noriko Sakai, Maki Horikita

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Hiroshi Mikami	...	Hideki Satomi
Noriko Sakai	...	Ayaka Satomi
Maki Horikita	...	Sayuri Wakakubo
Mayumi Ono	...	Misato Miyamoto
Hana Inoue	...	Nana Satomi
Masao Mukai	...	Nyûsu no Koe (voice)
Reiko Hiroshige	...	Nyûsu no Koe (voice)
Takahiro Takano	...	Nyûsu no Koe (voice)
Rui Tsurumizu	...	Josei Ripôtâ
Gaku Adachi	...	Dansei Kisha
Tarô Suwa	...	Kôchô no Koe (voice)
Daisuke Ban	...	Kyôtô
Shûichirô Idemitsu	...	Shinbun Haitatsuin
Kazuhiro Yamaji	...	Mitamura Ishi
Yûto Mizoguchi	...	Shônen

Storyline

While stopped at a roadside phone boot for transmitting his work through Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five years old daughter Nana in the obituary. He sees his wife Ayaka Satomi trying to release their daughter from the seat-belt, when a truck without steer hits his car killing Nana. Three years later, Hideki is divorced from Ayaka, who is researching paranormal persons who claim to have read an evil newspaper anticipating the future still trying to believe on Hideki, and she finds that there are people cursed to foresee the future but without power to save the victims. When Hideki changes the future saving Ayaka, he becomes trapped in hell and he has to make a choice of his own destiny.

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Plot Keywords:

newspaper | university | professor | husband wife relationship | classroom | 

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Taglines:

If you see it... you will die!

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some disturbing images

Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

2 October 2004 (Japan)

Also Known As:

J-Horror Theater Vol. 2

Company Credits

Production Co:

Entertainment Farm (EF), Fellah Pictures, Geneon Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Goofs

When Ayaka Satomi runs to the car to help her daughter Nana the vehicle explodes in flames. She receives a scar on the left side of her face from a flying fragment caused by the explosion. In a later scene in the movie she looks in a mirror and the scar appears on the right side of her face.

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Connections

Followed by Kaidan (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Utakata"
Music by Jin Nakamura
Lyrics by Juri Shôno
Performed by Juri Shôno
Courtesy of Victor Entertainment

User Reviews

shockingly original

In a world of ordinary run of mill cookie cutter movies comes Premonition. A exciting horror thriller that will keep you at the edge of your seat. This fresh take on a old Japanese legend gives new life and new meaning to the Japanese horror movie market.An intense psycho drama that will renew your faith in foreign horror movies and make you search for more movies made in the same style.If you like horror movies but can do with out the blood, gore and a crazy maniac running around killing everybody, then this one is for you. If you like to use your brain while your watching and not just sit in your seat like a mindless zombie than you came to the right place. My highest recommendations 10+/10