Apartment 1303 (2007)

Director:

Ataru Oikawa

Writers:

Ataru Oikawa
Kei Ôishi
(more)

Release Date:

16 June 2007 (Italy)

Genre:

Horror

Tagline:

Some rentals are too good to be true

Plot:

A modern ghost story which turns a love hate relationship between mother and daughter into a tale of horror.

Plot Keywords:

Suicide | Ghost | Remade | Mother Daughter Relationship | Horror Movie Remade

Cast

Noriko Nakagoshi	...	Mariko
Arata Furuta	...	Detective Sakurai
Eriko Hatsune
Yuka Itaya
Naoko Ôtani
Aki Fukada
Toshinobu Matsuo
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shion Machida

Directed by
Ataru Oikawa

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Ataru Oikawa
Takamasa Sato
Kei Ôishi

Produced by
Daniel Fridell	....	co-producer
Chiaki Harada	....	producer
Takeichi Honda	....	executive producer
Cindy Nelson-Mullen	....	executive producer
Michael Taverna	....	executive producer (as Michele Taverna)

Original Music by
John Lissauer
Masako Miyoshi

Cinematography by
Tokushô Kikumura

Film Editing by
Shûichi Kakesu

Production Companies

• Amuse
• Career & Bridge
• T.O. Entertainment

Distributors

• MonteCristo International (2007) (worldwide) (all media)
• 3G Communications (2007) (Japan) (theatrical)
• United International Pictures (UIP) (2007) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Eagle Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (DVD)
• Excesso Entertainment (2012) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Kadokawa Eiga K.K. (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Palisades Tartan (2007) (USA) (all media)
• Showbox Media Group (2007) (UK) (DVD)
• Tartan Video USA (2008) (USA) (DVD)
• Videorama (2007) (Greece) (all media)

Other Companies

• Active Cine Club (ACC) K.K.  post-production facilities
• Arcimboldo Y.K.  production cooperation
• MonteCristo International  funding

Also Known As:

Runtime:

Germany:94 min (European Film Market)

Country:

Japan | USA

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIB | Taiwan:R-12 (original rating) | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | Finland:K-18 (self applied) | USA:Not Rated | Japan:PG-12 | Spain:18 | Australia:M (2012)

Filming Locations:

Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka, Japan

Company:

Amuse

Movie Connections:

Remade as Apartment 1303 3D (2012)

Lukewarm thrills

This movie is not really all that scary. Sure it had a couple of moments where have you at the edge of the seat, but if just fails to bring you all the way over the edge.

Being a traditional Asian horror movie in every way, this movie offers very little that haven't been seen in other movies in the same genre. Sure it provides adequate entertainment the first time you watch it, but this movie is not the kind you pick up to watch again a second time. The problem might be that there are numerous horror movies being pumped out of Asia, so they all struggle to stand out in the genre. Apartment 1303 certainly failed to stand out.

The acting and cast in the movie is alright, though some of the dialogue is a bit weak. The setting? Well not overly scary, could have used some extra touches, but not a bottomscraper in any way though.

If you want to be scared and have good thrills, you might want to pick up another title, as this one is just a lukewarm experience. You might want to go for titles like "Ringu", "Phone", "The Eye" and such titles. If you are a native Asian, you might just find the movie scary, but for westerners there is very little to scare us in this movie.

I would recommend this movie for an early evening appetizer leading up for a better and scarier horror movie following after. Let this be a lead up to something more scare in its wake, no need to bring out the pillows while watching this one though.