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6.4/10   667 votes
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Director:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Writer:
Kiyoshi Kurosawa (written by)
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Release Date:
24 February 2007 (Japan) more
Plot:
A detective investigates a series of murders. A possible serial killer might be on a rampage, since... more | add synopsis
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
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
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Shriek (International: English title) (working title) (Japan) (literal English title)
Retribution (International: English title) (literal title)
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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 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
Japan

Fun Stuff

Soundtrack:
Kaze ni naru more

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1 out of 2 people found the following comment useful:-
I don't know that woman., 28 December 2008
8/10
Author: lastliberal from Florida

This is not your typical j-horror. There are no bloody murders, no nudity, and you really have to contemplate everything to figure it out. It requires and investment that most horror aficionados would be loathe to do.

Kôji Yakusho (Babel, and the original and much better Shall We Dance?) is Yoshioka, a detective that is investigating a murder, and he finds clues that point to him as the killer. He is visited by a ghost of the victim (Riona Hazuki) and he is going crazy because he can't figure what he did wrong. Even after they find her killer, she still haunts him.

Repetitive occurrences and talk indicate that they may be clues to the mystery - frequent earthquakes, all the victims were drowned in salt water (including one in a tub), the preoccupation with the ferry from 15 years ago, and the constant talk of tearing down and rebuilding along the coast.

These things keep occurring, but they don't bring you any closer to the truth.

Manami Konishi, as Yoshioka's girlfriend was a pleasurable presence, as well as an excellent actress.

Kiyoshi Kurosawa certainly knows how to tell a ghost story.

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