When a grudge from the dead passes to the living - Who is safe?
When social worker Rika is sent to check on a traumatized old lady whose family have moved in at the site of the notorious Saeki family murder case, she unwittingly unleashes a cycle of terror that is transmitted via its victims further and further from its original source.
Cast
Megumi Okina
Rika Nishina
Misa Uehara
Izumi Toyama
Yoji Tanaka
Yuji Toyama (uncredited)
Misaki Itō
Hitomi Tokunaga
Kanji Tsuda
Katsuya Tokunaga
Shuri Matsuda
Kazumi Tokunaga
Kayoko Shibata
Mariko
Yui Ichikawa
Chiharu
Yukako Kukuri
Miyuki
Takako Fuji
Kayako Saeki
Yuya Ozeki
Toshio Saeki
Takashi Matsuyama
Takeo Saeki
Hirokazu Inoue
Detective Nakagawa
Daisuke Honda
Detective Igarashi
Yoshiyuki Morishita
Keibiin
Hideo Sakaki
Fukushi Senta Jimuin
Chikara Ishikura
Hirohashi
Chikako Isomura
Sachie
Chiona Ôkuni
Person in Elevator
Miho Fujima
Joshi Ana
Mao Kobayashi
Student
Aki Fujî
Yoko Toyama
Risa Odagiri
Saori
Kaori Nakajô
Chiaki
Kana Kobayashi
Ayano
Akira Saito
Teacher Sekine
Isao Yatsu
Saito
Haruka Yamano
Fukikae
Hiroyuki Yokoo
Nurse (voice)
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- Release Date 10/18/2002
- Language Japanese
- Director Takashi Shimizu
- Writer Takashi Shimizu
- Editor Nobuyuki Takahashi
- Cinematographer Tokushô Kikumura
- Producers Takashige Ichise, Kunio Kawakami, Yoshinori Kumazawa, Hiroki Numata
- Companies Oz Company, Xanadeux Company, Pioneer LDC, Nikkatsu Corporation
- Budget $3,500,000
| Country | Date | Format | Certification |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Oct 18, 2002 | Theatrical (Limited) (Screamfest Horror Film Festival) | R |
| Japan | Jan 25, 2003 | Theatrical | PG-12 |
| France | Feb 1, 2003 | Theatrical (Gerardmer Film Festival) | — |
| BE | Mar 25, 2003 | Theatrical (Brussels International Film Festival) | — |
| HK | Mar 29, 2003 | Theatrical | — |
| South Korea | Jun 27, 2003 | Theatrical | 12 |
| Australia | Jul 24, 2003 | Theatrical (Melbourne International Film Festival) | — |
| Germany | Aug 15, 2003 | Theatrical (Hamburg Fantasy Film Festival) | 16 |
| HK | Aug 15, 2003 | Theatrical | IIB |
| TW | Aug 22, 2003 | Theatrical | — |
| Canada | Sep 9, 2003 | Theatrical (Toronto International Film Festival) | R |
| United Kingdom | Oct 3, 2003 | Theatrical (Leeds International Film Festival) | — |
| Italy | Oct 7, 2003 | Physical (video premiere) | — |
| NO | Oct 16, 2003 | Theatrical (Bergen International Film Festival) | 15 |
| SE | Nov 1, 2003 | Theatrical (Stockholm International Film Festival) | 15 |
| DK | Nov 14, 2003 | Theatrical | 15 |
| Spain | Nov 14, 2003 | Theatrical | 18 |
| PH | Nov 26, 2003 | Theatrical (Limited) (Manila) | — |
| Netherlands | Dec 2, 2003 | Physical (DVD Premiere) | — |
| Germany | Dec 4, 2003 | Physical (DVD premiere) | — |
| PH | Jan 28, 2004 | Theatrical (Limited) (Davao) | — |
| United States | Apr 2, 2004 | Theatrical (Wisconsin Film Festival) | — |
| GR | May 14, 2004 | Theatrical | — |
| KZ | Jun 10, 2004 | Theatrical | — |
| United States | Jul 23, 2004 | Theatrical (Limited) (Los Angeles, California / New York) | — |
| IE | Oct 4, 2004 | Physical | 15 |
| United Kingdom | Oct 4, 2004 | Physical (DVD Premiere) | 15 |
| SE | Oct 8, 2004 | Theatrical | 15 |
| FI | Oct 23, 2004 | Premiere (Night Visions Film Festival) | K-16 |
| FI | Nov 5, 2004 | Theatrical (Limited) (Iik! Horror Film Festival) | K-16 |
| United States | Nov 9, 2004 | Physical (DVD Premiere) | — |
| HU | Mar 16, 2005 | Physical (DVD Premiere) | — |
| FI | Mar 30, 2005 | Physical (DVD Premiere) | K-16 |
| France | Feb 5, 2008 | Physical | — |
| TW | Feb 21, 2020 | Theatrical (Re-Release) | — |
| SG | Apr 1, 2020 | Physical (DVD Premiere) | — |
| Brazil | Apr 21, 2023 | Theatrical (Limited) (Fantaspoa International Film Festival) | — |
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