One Missed Call 2 (2005)

A Japanese restaurant cook/owner dies after answering his daughter's cellphone. Other people are getting strange, same ringtone calls as well and dying painfully. It happened in Taiwan as well. Can the police stop it if it's a ghost?

Director:

Renpei Tsukamoto

Writers:

Yasushi Akimoto (novel), Minako Daira (screenplay)

Stars:

Mimura, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Renji Ishibashi

Cast

Credited cast:
Mimura	...	Kyoko Okudera
Hisashi Yoshizawa	...	Naoto Sakurai (as Yû Yoshizawa)
Renji Ishibashi
Haruko Wanibuchi
Peter Ho	...	Yu-Ting Chen
Asaka Seto	...	Takako Nozoe
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Chisun	...	Madoka Uchiyama
Nana Koizumi
Yûjirô Komura
Shadow Liu	...	Mei-Feng Wang
Hakobu Okubo
Karen Ôshima	...	Mimiko Mizunuma

Storyline

In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai in the restaurant where he works instead of studying as planned. When the owner Mr. Wang answers his daughter's mobile phone, he receives a message telling him that he would die in an accident in the kitchen. This immediately comes true. Later, Naoto is visited by the snoopy journalist Takako Nozoe, who is researching the death call, and she plays the deadly ring tone for him. He recalls that not only Mr. Wang, but also Madoka have received similar calls. Meanwhile Kyoko is talking to Madoka and she sees a ghost in her phone. She rushes to Madoka's apartment and finds her dead in the bathtub, with Naoto and Takako arriving immediately after. Their investigation shows that Mimiko's grandfather Wei Zhang is in Taiwan and Takako asks her former husband Yuting to search him. Meanwhile, Kyoko receives a phone call and the autopsies of Mr. Wang and Madoka indicate...

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Plot Keywords:

taiwan | restaurant | journalist | ghost | death | 

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Taglines:

Asobo. (Let's play.)

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violent content

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [Japan] Official site [Russia]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese Mandarin

Release Date:

29 April 2005 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

One Missed Call 2

Company Credits

Production Co:

Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Japan Film Fund, Kadokawa Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by Chakushin ari final (2006)

User Reviews

Better than first

Wow, a really good sequel. I accidentally watched this before the first movie and really enjoyed it (thought it was the first movie until I read the credits and saw it was a sequel). I love J-Horror as it often revolves around urban legends, which this series does really well. The special effects are excellent and the movie is engaging from start to end (even liked the opening and ending credits). For some reason, this movie kinda reminds me of 'Saw' and 'Ghost Train' (as well as 'The Ring' of course). Though this series is said to be done in the style of 'Ringu' and 'The Grudge', I feel that it beats its predecessors. Highly recommend this.