Chakushin ari

2003
12
1h 52m

IMDb RATING

6.2/10

20K

YOUR RATING

Horror Mystery

Yumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact c... Read allYumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact call plays out, and Yoko dies.Yumi tries to assuage the fears of a friend, Yoko, who has received a disturbing voice mail from herself. In the message, Yoko screams while chatting with Yumi. Three days later, the exact call plays out, and Yoko dies.

Director
- Takashi Miike
Writers
- Yasushi Akimoto
- Minako Daira
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.2/10

20K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Takashi Miike
Writers
- Yasushi Akimoto
- Minako Daira
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Trivia
During the opening credit sequence, one of the cell phone ring-tones is the theme song from an earlier Takashi Miike film, Gokudô kyôfu dai-gekijô: Gozu (2003).

Goofs
Yumi arrives at the abandoned hospital at 6:45 p.m. on April 24, and it's nighttime. On that date, sunset in Japan ranges from around 6:20 p.m. Japan Standard Time in the east, near Tokyo, to around 6:55 p.m. in the west, near Nagasaki. Depending on what part of Japan she is in, it should be daytime or twilight outside, not full dark.

Quotes
Yoko Okazaki: Oh no, it's raining.

Connections
Featured in Chakushin ari meikingu: Chakushin rireki (2003)

Soundtracks
Ikutsuka no Sora
(Few Skies)
Vocal by Kô Shibasaki (as Kou Shibasaki)
Written by Yasushi Akimoto
Composed by Jin Nakamura
Arranged by Chokkaku
Universal J / Chimera Energy

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Review

Featured review

7/10

Chakushin ari is another ghost tale but it gets a bit special when Miike-san is in charge of things.

First, I strongly disagree with some other posters at the board who weren't bothered by Chakushin ari facing a Hollywood remake. Why can't Hollywood keep their dirty fingers away when they fail in their own miserable creativity. Anyhow...

I've just started to dig deeper into the works of Takashi Miike and I have no problems admitting that his movies are awesome. Chakushin ari is another ghost tale but it gets a bit special when Miike-san is in charge of things. What you get in Chakushin ari is, besides the beautiful surroundings and awesome camera work, tension, thrills and a plot which does quite good for being in this genre. It has its moments of originality and compared to the works of Hideo Nakata, I'd say Miike here accomplish a heavier load of tension throughout the whole movie, while Nakata's movies have tension coming in waves, sort of.

I have really nothing to whine about here or rant at. The actors are doing a good job and the piece kept me interested throughout the entire playtime. Thumbs up.