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:

Rie Mimura, Hisashi Yoshizawa, Renji Ishibashi

Cast

Credited cast:
Rie Mimura	...	Kyoko Okudera (as Mimura)
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

Did You Know?

Connections

Followed by One Missed Call 3: Final (2006)

User Reviews

A Reasonable Sequel

In Japan, the daycare teacher Kyoko Okudera (Mimura) is convinced by her colleague and friend Madoka to visit her boyfriend Naoto Sakurai (Yû Yoshizawa) in the restaurant where he works instead of studying as planned. When the owner Mr. Wang answers the cellular call of his daughter, he receives a message telling that he would die in an accident in the kitchen that immediately comes true. Later, Naoto is visited by the snoopy journalist Takako Nozoe (Asaka Seto), 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 the presence of coal dust in their lungs and no candies in their mouths. Takako, Naoto and Kyoko travel to Taiwan expecting to solve the mystery and save Kyoko from her fate.

"Chakushin Ari 2" is scary like most of the Asian horror movies, and has a promising beginning supported by a good sequel of Takashi Miike's "Chakushin Ari". I saw both movies in sequence and I found many explanations about characters and situations of the first movie. However, like in the first story, the conclusion the movie is confused, not clear, needing interpretation of the pretentious plot point that contradicts the whole plot and character development; therefore, the screenplay writer Minako Daira or the director Renpei Tsukamoto or both failed since they were not able to transmit a clear conclusion of the story to the audience. My vote is six.

Title (Brazil): "Uma Chamada Perdida 2" ("One Missed Call 2")

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

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$12,334,036

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