Sakebi (2006)

User Rating:

6.4/10   

Director:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa

Writer:

Kiyoshi Kurosawa (written by)

Release Date:

24 February 2007 (Japan)

Genre:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

Plot:

A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since...

Plot Keywords:

Murder | Ghost | Police | Serial Killer | Red

Cast

Kôji Yakusho	...	Noboru Yoshioka
Manami Konishi	...	Harue Nimura
Tsuyoshi Ihara	...	Tôru Miyaji
Hiroyuki Hirayama	...	Wakai Keiji Sakurai
Ikuji Nakamura	...	Shôichi Sakuma
Ryo Kase	...	Sagyôsen no Sen'in (as Ryô Kase)
Kaoru Okunuki	...	Miyuki Yabe
Hironobu Nomura	...	Seiji Onoda
Jin Muraki	...	Kenshikan Furuya
Hajime Inoue	...	Keiji
Naoko Miyake	...	Kangofu
Yôko Chôsokabe	...	Kangofu
Takahiro Sato	...	Sakuma no Musuko Yûsuke (as Takahiro Satô)
Kenkichi Watanabe	...	Shiryôgakari
Kaoru Mizuki	...	Shibata Reiko no Hahaoya

Also Known As:

Shriek (International: English title) (working title) (Japan) (literal English title)
Retribution (International: English title) (literal title)

MPAA:

Rated R for some violent content.

Runtime:

104 min | Italy:103 min (Venice Film Festival)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

Singapore:PG | Hong Kong:IIB | Argentina:16 | USA:R | Australia:MA | South Korea:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Japan:PG-12

Filming Locations:

Japan

Company:

Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS)

Soundtrack:

Kaze ni naru

Muche better than I expected

I like a lot some Japanese horror movies but,on last years,that kind of cinema made a new cliché:the ghost looking for revenge.And that formula tired me.So,I did not expect too much from Retribution.But,I have to say the film was a nice surprise.It's not great but it's fun and tense.First of all,Retribution is more focused on the suspense than other Japanese horror movies.And the film kept me very tense and I wanted to know what could happen.The film has a very good story that,since the beginning caught my attention.The fail I found on this movie is that there are some redundant and a little bit boring scenes which could have been edited out.Retribution is a very decent film which kept me interested and,except some moments,it kept me very entertained.