Country: Japan
Year: 2016
Duration: 98'
Natsumi is a college student who recently bought a used tape recorder to transfer a few old VHS tapes to DVD. She finds a tape in the device and watches it, falling victim of the curse of an evil spirit called Sadako. Meanwhile Suzuka, a high school student, starts having weird dreams and is lured to a house at the end of the street where a family was brutally massacred years before. There she runs into the ghosts of Kayako and her son Toshio. When Natsumi and Suzuka finally meet, they realize that the only way of breaking their curses is to make their respective ghosts, Sadako and Kayako, confront and destroy each another. All they have to do is play the tape inside the house and wait for the match to begin… [rm]
Biography
film director
Kōji Shiraishi
Kōji Shiraishi (Fukoka, Japan, 1973) graduated in filmmaking from Kyushyu Sangyo University and started working as director’s assistant. He made his first feature, Ju-rei: The Uncanny, in 2004, and soon became one of Japan’s favorite filmmakers in the horror and thriller genre with titles like The Curse (2005), Carved (2007), Grotesque (2009), Occult (2009) and A Record of Sweet Murder (2014). His latest movie, Sadako Vs Kayako (2016), participated to the Toronto Film Festival.
FILMOGRAFIA
Ju-rei: Gekijō-ban-Kuro-ju-rei (Ju-rei: The Uncanny, 2004), Noroi (The Curse, 2005), Kuchisake-onna (Carved, 2007), Gurotesuku (Grotesque, 2009), Okaruto (Occult, 2009), Teketeke (2009), Teketeke 2 (2009), Shirome (2010), Chō Akunin (2011), Ada: Senritsu-hen (Ada: Part I, 2013), Ada 2: Zetsubō hen (Ada: Part II, 2013), Karuto (Cult, 2013), Aru yasashiki satsujinsha no kiroku (A Record of Sweet Murder, 2014), Sadako Vs Kayako (2016).
Cast
& Credits
regia/director
Kōji Shiraishi
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Takashi Shimizu, Kōji Suzuki
fotografia/cinematography
Hidetoshi Shinomiya
musica/music
Kōji Endō
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Mizuki Yamamoto (Yuri Kurahashi), Tina Tamashiro (Suzuka Tagaki), Aimi Satsukawa (Natsumi), Misato Tanaka (Ayako Takagi), Masahiro Kōmoto (Shinichi Morishige), Masanobu Andō (medium Kyozo)
produttori/producers
Reiko Imayasu, Toshinori Yamaguchi, Mikihiko Hirata
produzione/production
Kadokawa, NBCUniversal Entertainment
contatti/contacts
Movies Inspired
Stefano Jacono
stefano.jacono@moviesinspired.com
Kōji Shiraishi
soggetto, sceneggiatura/story, screenplay
Takashi Shimizu, Kōji Suzuki
fotografia/cinematography
Hidetoshi Shinomiya
musica/music
Kōji Endō
interpreti e personaggi/cast and characters
Mizuki Yamamoto (Yuri Kurahashi), Tina Tamashiro (Suzuka Tagaki), Aimi Satsukawa (Natsumi), Misato Tanaka (Ayako Takagi), Masahiro Kōmoto (Shinichi Morishige), Masanobu Andō (medium Kyozo)
produttori/producers
Reiko Imayasu, Toshinori Yamaguchi, Mikihiko Hirata
produzione/production
Kadokawa, NBCUniversal Entertainment
contatti/contacts
Movies Inspired
Stefano Jacono
stefano.jacono@moviesinspired.com
