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20 August 2005 (Japan) moreTagline:
Everybody died.Plot:
A documentary filmmaker explores seemingly unrelated paranormal incidents connected by the legend of an ancient demon called the "kagutaba." | add synopsisUser Comments:
Very good moreCast
(Credited cast)| Jin Muraki | ... | Masafumi Kobayashi | |
| Rio Kanno | ... | Kana Yano | |
| Tomono Kuga | ... | Junko Ishii | |
| Maria Takagi | ... | Herself | |
| rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
| Angâruzu | ... | Themselves | |
| Hiroshi Aramata | ... | Guest on TV Program | |
| Yôko Chôsokabe | ... | Kimiko Yano | |
| Dankan | ... | Guest on TV Program | |
| Tomomi Eguchi | ... | Herself | |
| Gôkyû | ... | Guests of TV Program | |
| Miyoko Hanai | ... | Keiko Kobayashi | |
| Ai Iijima | ... | Guest on TV Program | |
| Makoto Inamori | ... | Kôichi Hirotsu | |
| Ryûnosuke Iriyama | ... | Psychic Boy | |
| Satoru Jitsunashi | ... | Mitsuo Hori | |
| Takashi Kakizawa | ... | Shin'ichi Ôsawa | |
| Shûta Kambayashi | ... | Boy with Junko | |
| Kei Matsubara | ... | TV Program Host | |
| Ken'ichirô Matsui | ... | Himself | |
| Marika Matsumoto | ... | Herself | |
| Hisashi Miyajima | ... | Himself | |
| Mana Okada | ... | Midori Kimino | |
| Yôichi Okamura | ... | Event Emcee | |
| Mikako Okui | ... | Herself | |
| Ryôko Okui | ... | Herself | |
| Kazuhide Shioya | ... | Himself | |
| Hajime Suzuki | ... | Himself | |
| Hitomi Takashima | ... | Takami Shimizu (as Hitomi Takashima) | |
| Toshinori Tanimura | ... | Himself | |
| Yoshiki Tano | ... | Teruyuki Yano | |
| Toshimaru Yasuno | ... | Villager | |
| Takaaki Yuhara | ... | Himself | |
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I can't praise this film enough. It had a lot of that hand-held, first-person shaking camera which I love (and some hate, because it makes them sick), like REC, Cloverfield and Blair Witch Project.
It is a long movie for its kind, but I didn't even notice because the film was so interesting. By just showing the footage from a paranormal reporter's work the movie keeps up the pace, making it a real-time experience for the viewer.
While I would never call this film the "scariest horror ever made", I'd have to say it's certainly one of the best I've seen. The fear factor here is constructed by details in the images, camera glitches, events linked to one another which lend a very mysterious and haunting tone to the movie. The horror is more in what is not shown, but left to our imaginations. The ending is perfect, and be warned that you might have nightmares afterwards. A second viewing is highly recommended, though.
Watch this one alone in the dark, don't expect anything and you'll have fun.