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One Missed Call

Original title: Chakushin ari
  • 20032003
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  • 1h 52m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
18K
YOUR RATING
One Missed Call (2003)
  • Horror
  • Mystery
People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.People mysteriously start receiving voicemail messages from their future selves, foretelling their deaths.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
18K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Takashi Miike
  • Writers
    • Yasushi Akimoto(novel)
    • Minako Daira(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ko Shibasaki
    • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
    • Kazue Fukiishi
Top credits
  • Director
    • Takashi Miike
  • Writers
    • Yasushi Akimoto(novel)
    • Minako Daira(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Ko Shibasaki
    • Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
    • Kazue Fukiishi
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 85User reviews
    • 123Critic reviews
    • 54Metascore
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    One Missed Call (2003)
    Ko Shibasaki and Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in One Missed Call (2003)
    Kazue Fukiishi and Ko Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)
    Ko Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)
    Ko Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)
    Kazue Fukiishi in One Missed Call (2003)
    Ko Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)
    Kazue Fukiishi and Ko Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)
    Ko Shibasaki and Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in One Missed Call (2003)
    Ko Shibasaki and Shin'ichi Tsutsumi in One Missed Call (2003)
    Kazue Fukiishi and Ko Shibasaki in One Missed Call (2003)
    Ko Shibasaki and Mariko Tsutsui in One Missed Call (2003)

    Top cast

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    Ko Shibasaki
    Ko Shibasaki
    • Yumi Nakamuraas Yumi Nakamura
    • (as Kô Shibasaki)
    Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
    Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
    • Hiroshi Yamashitaas Hiroshi Yamashita
    Kazue Fukiishi
    • Natsumi Konishias Natsumi Konishi
    Anna Nagata
    • Yoko Okazakias Yoko Okazaki
    Atsushi Ida
    • Kenji Kawaias Kenji Kawai
    Mariko Tsutsui
    Mariko Tsutsui
    • Marie Mizunumaas Marie Mizunuma
    Kumiko Imai
    Keiko Tomita
    Kayoko Fujii
    Yoshiko Noda
    Azusa
    • Ritsuko Yamashitaas Ritsuko Yamashita
    Tetsushi Tanaka
    Mitsuhiro Sato
    Kaoru Hanaki
    Hassei Takano
    Koji Yazawa
    Daisuke Iijima
    Minori Fujikura
    • Director
      • Takashi Miike
    • Writers
      • Yasushi Akimoto(novel)
      • Minako Daira(screenplay)
    • All cast & crew
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    Storyline

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    Did you know

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

      Yoko Okazaki: Oh no, it's raining.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Making of One Missed Call (2003)
    • Soundtracks
      Ikutsuka no Sora
      (Few Skies)

      Vocal by Ko Shibasaki (as Kou Shibasaki)

      Written by Yasushi Akimoto

      Composed by Jin Nakamura

      Arranged by Chokkaku

      Universal J / Chimera Energy

    User reviews85

    Review
    Top review
    6/10
    The Call from Death
    While in a bar with her friends, the teenager Yoko Okazaki (Anna Nagata) receives a call in her cellular with a voice mail from the future telling the date and time when she would die. On the next day, Yumi overhears a group of students talking about the urban legend that people connected in the address book of cellular are mysteriously receiving phone calls with date and time of their death in the near future. In the precise informed hour, Yoko is attacked by a supernatural force in a train station while talking to her friend Yumi Nakamura (Kou Shibasaki) by phone and dies with severed arm and leg. Yumi seeks out Kioto's boyfriend Kenji Kawai (Atsushi Ida), who also received a call, and witnesses his death in an elevator shaft. When her roommate Natsumi Konishi (Kazue Fukiishi) receives a call, Yoko befriends Hiroshi Yamashita (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi), who tells her that his sister Ritsuko (Azusa) that worked in the Child Guidance Center with abused children was the first victim of the phone call. While in the hospital, Yumi hears an asthma pump and recalls that she heard the same noise when Kenji died. They decide to investigate victims of asthma in the hospital and find the name of Marie Mizunuma and her daughters Mimiko and Nanako. They search the family together trying to save Natsumi from her fate.

    "Chakushin Ari" is scary like most of the Asian horror movies, and has a promising beginning supported by a great acting and a good plot. However, the last quarter of the movie is confused, not clear, needing interpretation; therefore, the screenplay writer Minako Daira or the cult director Takashi Miike or both failed since they were not able to transmit a clear conclusion of the story to the audience. I glanced in IMDb the most different interpretations for the end of the story to ratify my opinion. My vote is six.

    Title (Brazil): "Ligação Perdida" ("Missed Call")
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    • Aug 23, 2008

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    • Release date
      • January 17, 2004 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Official sites
      • Official site (Germany)
      • Official site (Spain)
    • Languages
      • Japanese
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Cevapsız Arama
    • Production companies
      • Kadokawa Daiei Pictures
      • Toho Company
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $17,605,379
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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