Otoshimono (2006)

On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena, including red fingerprints and a female ... See full summary »

Director:

Takeshi Furusawa

Writers:

Takeshi Furusawa, Scott Gensch (additional material),

Stars:

Erika Sawajiri, Chinatsu Wakatsuki, Shun Oguri

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Erika Sawajiri	...	Nana
Chinatsu Wakatsuki	...	Kanae
Shun Oguri	...	Shunichi
Aya Sugimoto	...	Kumi
Itsuji Itao
Aja
Sae Shimizu
Eiki Kitamura
Kôki Katô
Suzuno Nomura
Kazuya Sato
Haru Makino
Shinji Rokkaku
Motofumi Takaya
Rena Sakaki

Storyline

On her way to school, high school girl Nana sees a train accident. Then Nana and her friend Kanae start to come across various bizarre phenomena, including red fingerprints and a female spirit who 'lives' on the station platform. One day, Nana's younger sister is lost, and the only possibility seems to be that she had been taken by these spirits. The missing tracks. The predictions that a mysterious woman makes.

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Genres:

Horror

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Details

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Release Date:

30 September 2006 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Ghost Train

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company Credits

Production Co:

Amuse Soft Entertainment, Nippon Shuppan Hanbai (Nippan) K.K., Otoshimono Film Partners

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

When Nana goes with the train driver to find Noriko towards the end of the film, the number of the train is "507". In Japanese, "5" and "7" are pronounced "Go" and "Nana" respectively.

User Reviews

Unmemorable, but not bad

It's true all these Japanese horror films look alike, but I've only watched a few, so it hasn't bothered me much yet. Though to be honest, the scary child-ghost with too much make up has lost its appeal. The film isn't great, but it keeps your interest till the end. It has a couple of interesting twists but doesn't really take full advantage of them. The backstory is rather vague and needed a little more work because it could really give the plot an extra boost. Other than that, everything flows without many surprises but keeps you watching, with a voice in your head asking how on earth all the train stations happen to be completely empty whenever the characters are there..