IMDb RATING
6.2/10
4.3K
YOUR RATING
"A newspaper predicts the deaths of a man's (Hiroshi Mikami) family members and friends."A newspaper predicts the deaths of a man's (Hiroshi Mikami) family members and friends."A newspaper predicts the deaths of a man's (Hiroshi Mikami) family members and friends.
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
4.3K
YOUR RATING
- Director
- Writers
- Noboru Takagi(screenplay)
- Norio Tsuruta(screenplay)
- Jirô Tsunoda(comic "Kyôfu shinbun")
- Stars
Top credits
- Director
- Writers
- Noboru Takagi(screenplay)
- Norio Tsuruta(screenplay)
- Jirô Tsunoda(comic "Kyôfu shinbun")
- Stars
- Director
- Writers
- Noboru Takagi(screenplay)
- Norio Tsuruta(screenplay)
- Jirô Tsunoda(comic "Kyôfu shinbun")
- All cast & crew
- See more cast details at IMDbPro
Storyline
While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through the Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five-year-old daughter Nana in the obituary section. He sees his wife Ayaka Satomi trying to release their daughter from the seat belt, when a truck without steering hits his car killing Nana. Three years later, Hideki is divorced from Ayaka, who is researching paranormal persons who claim to have read an evil newspaper anticipating the future still trying to believe on Hideki, and she finds that there are people cursed to foresee the future, but without power to save the victims. When Hideki changes the future by saving Ayaka, he becomes trapped in hell and has to make a choice regarding his own destiny. —Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Taglines
- If you see it... you will die!
- Genre
- Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
- Rated R for some disturbing images
- Parents guide
Did you know
- TriviaThe film was released as a double feature with Masayuki Ochiai's Infection(2004) as part of Takashige Ichise's J-Horror Theater.
- ConnectionsFollowed by Reincarnation (2005)
- SoundtracksUtakata
Music by Jin Nakamura
Lyrics by Juri Shôno
Performed by Juri Shôno
Courtesy of Victor Entertainment
Top review
Creepy spin on 'butterfly effect' theme
An effective combination of 'change the future'-style sci-fi thriller and traditional Japanese horror. PREMONITION tells the story of an ordinary man caught up in some extraordinary events
and the dark avenues to which he is eventually led as a result of this.
Things kick off with a shocking set-piece in which a young girl is killed in one of those accidents that are filmed so well in Asian cinema. Years later and the father blames himself for not saving her, as he was warned by a newspaper article in the moments before her death. Soon he becomes convinced that he can go back in time to save her, and becomes involved with various psychics who claim to be able to see the future.
What follows is both familiar and unpredictable at the same time. Director Norio Tsuruta, hot off making RING 0, shoots this as a horror rather than science fiction film, so incorporates various scare sequences that end up being very effective. There's little to no gore here, just a creeping psychological approach that pays dividends as the story progresses. I defy anyone not to jump in their seat at the 'faceless ghost' scene.
The pacing is rather slow – when isn't it in a J-horror? – but it gradually picks up as the film builds momentum, culminating in a blistering climax involving our protagonist hopping through realities at a dizzying pace. It reminded me of the hilarious extended fight climax of Wes Craven's SHOCKER, although of course it's treated seriously here. Hiroshi Mikami is excellent as the haunted protagonist – think of the calibre of Hiroyuki Sanada in Ring and you'll be close – and the film as a whole never pulls its punches.
Things kick off with a shocking set-piece in which a young girl is killed in one of those accidents that are filmed so well in Asian cinema. Years later and the father blames himself for not saving her, as he was warned by a newspaper article in the moments before her death. Soon he becomes convinced that he can go back in time to save her, and becomes involved with various psychics who claim to be able to see the future.
What follows is both familiar and unpredictable at the same time. Director Norio Tsuruta, hot off making RING 0, shoots this as a horror rather than science fiction film, so incorporates various scare sequences that end up being very effective. There's little to no gore here, just a creeping psychological approach that pays dividends as the story progresses. I defy anyone not to jump in their seat at the 'faceless ghost' scene.
The pacing is rather slow – when isn't it in a J-horror? – but it gradually picks up as the film builds momentum, culminating in a blistering climax involving our protagonist hopping through realities at a dizzying pace. It reminded me of the hilarious extended fight climax of Wes Craven's SHOCKER, although of course it's treated seriously here. Hiroshi Mikami is excellent as the haunted protagonist – think of the calibre of Hiroyuki Sanada in Ring and you'll be close – and the film as a whole never pulls its punches.
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- Leofwine_draca
- Oct 19, 2012
Details
Box office
- Gross worldwide
- $652,525
- Runtime1 hour 35 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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