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Director:
Takashi Shimizu
Writers:
Chiaki Konaka (novel)
Chiaki Konaka (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
2005 (UK) more
Plot:
A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman (Shinya Tsukamoto) investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
NewsDesk:
Lists of Doom Xv: Mika of Eryn Non Dae
 (From Fangoria. 12 June 2009, 10:01 PM, PDT)

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Cast

  (Credited cast)
Shinya Tsukamoto ... Masuoka
Tomomi Miyashita ... F
Kazuhiro Nakahara ... Arei Furoki

Miho Ninagawa ... Aya Fukumoto
Shun Sugata ... MIB
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
The Stranger from Afar (International: English title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong bloody violence and some nudity.
Runtime:
92 min | Argentina:92 min (Mar del Plata Film Festival)
Country:
Japan
Language:
Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Company:
Adness K.K. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Takashi Shimizu shot the film in just eight days, between the production dates for Ju-on (2002) and its remake, _Grudge, The (2004/I)_. more
Quotes:
Masuoka: They didn't see something that terrified them. They saw something because they were terrified. more

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Bold and original film making, 6 December 2007
8/10
Author: christopher-underwood from Greenwich - London

This is some movie. At first deceptively simple and later maybe deceptively involved. Such was the confident manner of the director, Takashi Shimizu, I just went along despite everything and whilst it is difficult to associate with the lead character, the mighty, actor/director (Tetsuo) Shinya Tsuramoto, eventually persuades. Not an easy film to watch with its flashing and even blank screen moments, not to mention the horrific violence, but once this has you hooked, it is difficult to escape. Everything is unbelievable and yet there is a niggling doubt that just maybe things are this bad. Tsuramoto gives a towering performance as a completely lost soul searching it seems for almost anything to justify his existence. What he finds is not a pretty sight but this movie remains with you, for good or bad, long after viewing. Bold and original film making.

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