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Purei

  • 2005
  • R
  • 1h 17m
IMDb RATING
5.0/10
447
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Purei (2005)
Horror

Two people kidnap a girl, hoping for a ransom.Two people kidnap a girl, hoping for a ransom.Two people kidnap a girl, hoping for a ransom.

  • Director
    • Yûichi Satô
  • Writer
    • Tomoko Ogawa
  • Stars
    • Tetsuji Tamayama
    • Asami Mizukawa
    • Mitsuyoshi Shinoda
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  • IMDb RATING
    5.0/10
    447
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Yûichi Satô
    • Writer
      • Tomoko Ogawa
    • Stars
      • Tetsuji Tamayama
      • Asami Mizukawa
      • Mitsuyoshi Shinoda
    • 9User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
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    • Mitsuru
    Asami Mizukawa
    • Maki
    Mitsuyoshi Shinoda
    • Yasuda
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    • Shima
    Katsuya Kobayashi
    • Yuki
    Karen Nakazawa
    • Ai Shinohara
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    Kôya Horimoto
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    Fumi Higuchi
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    • Tazuko Aoyagi
    Sanae Miyata
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      • Tomoko Ogawa
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    ** (out of 4)

    Japanese horror film has an interesting set up but half way through the film hits a wall and never recovers. Two drug dealers in desperate need of cash decide to kidnap a young girl and ask for a ransom. When the dealers call the girls parents they learn that the girl died a year earlier. I had really high hopes for this ghost film and things started off well but went straight downhill pretty quickly. The storyline is very interesting and should have made for a creepy film but the director never really builds any atmosphere and the screenplay is full of annoying characters that it becomes hard to really care what happens. The first twenty-minutes contain a few creepy scenes but after this the film relies on flashbacks and a side story with the girls parents, which move at a snails pace.
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    • Release date
      • October 15, 2005 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Pray
    • Filming locations
      • Japan
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,910
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 17 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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