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Shutter (2008) -- A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved.
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Overview

User Rating:
4.8/10   8,967 votes
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Director:
Masayuki Ochiai
Writer (WGA):
Luke Dawson (screenplay)
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Contact:
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Release Date:
21 March 2008 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror | Mystery | Thriller more
Tagline:
The most terrifying images are the ones that are real. more
Plot:
A newly married couple discovers disturbing, ghostly images in photographs they develop after a tragic accident. Fearing the manifestations may be connected, they investigate and learn that some mysteries are better left unsolved. full summary | full synopsis
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User Comments:
Another unrelentingly boring ghost-in-the-machine remake more (120 total)
US TV Schedule:
Sun. Dec. 66:30 PMMAX   

Cast

  (in credits order)

Joshua Jackson ... Benjamin Shaw
Rachael Taylor ... Jane Shaw
Megumi Okina ... Megumi Tanaka

David Denman ... Bruno

John Hensley ... Adam

Maya Hazen ... Seiko Nakamura

James Kyson Lee ... Ritsuo
Yoshiko Miyazaki ... Akiko
Kei Yamamoto ... Murase

Daisy Betts ... Natasha

Adrienne Pickering ... Megan
Pascal Morineau ... Wedding Photographer
Masaki Ota ... Police Officer #1
Heideru Tatsuo ... Police Officer #2
Eri Otoguro ... Yoko
Rina Matsuki ... TGK Receptionist
Tomotaka Kanzaki ... Client #1
Jun Yakushiji ... Client #2
Emi Tamura ... Emi
Polina Kononova ... Studio Model #1
Yulia Ryzhova ... Studio Model #2
Mika Kinose ... Office Lady
Masakazu Nagakura ... Pachinko Parlor Employee
Shinji Furukawa ... Pachinko Parlor Customer
Maria Takagi ... Waitress at Japanese Restaurant
Akihido Ando ... Restaurant Manager
Alessandra ... Model #1
Katrina B. ... Model #2
Tanya Allen ... Model #3 (as Tanya)
Takao Toji ... Tokyo Doctor
Shizuka Fujimoto ... Tokyo Exam Room Nurse
Yutaka Mishima ... Ghost Magazine Layout Designer
Maiko Asano ... Mother on Train
Rei Sato ... Boy on Train
Homare Hasegawa ... Passenger on Train
Kei Hirosawa ... Passenger on Train
Michiyo Kaneko ... Passenger on Train
Koichi Kase ... Passenger on Train
Yasuke Kawarada ... Passenger on Train
Ayuko Koyama ... Passenger on Train
Konomi Moriyama ... Passenger on Train
Akira Sato ... Passenger on Train
Miyoko Yamaguchi ... Passenger on Train
Runa Kozuki ... Girl in Park (as Runa Kozuka)
Natsuki ... TGK Female Staff
Akihiro Shimomura ... Megumi's Father
Gen Takatsuka ... Monk
Natalia Tsvetkova ... Brooklyn Nurse
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Natalia Silkina
Masami Kosaka ... Japanese Man (uncredited)
Rana Morrison ... Wedding guest (uncredited)
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Directed by
Masayuki Ochiai 
 
Writing credits
(WGA)
Luke Dawson (screenplay)

Banjong Pisanthanakun (2004 movie) uncredited &
Sopon Sukdapisit (2004 movie) uncredited &
Parkpoom Wongpoom (2004 movie) uncredited

Produced by
Paiboon Damrongchaitham .... co-producer
Boosaba Daoruang .... co-producer
Doug Davison .... producer
Gloria Fan .... executive producer
Satoshi Fukushima .... line producer
Richard Guay .... associate producer
Takashige Ichise .... producer
Roy Lee .... producer
Sonny Mallhi .... executive producer
Arnon Milchan .... executive producer
Visute Poolvoralaks .... co-producer
Mark L. Rosen .... producer
Yodphet Sudsawad .... co-producer
 
Original Music by
Nathan Barr 
 
Cinematography by
Katsumi Yanagijima (director of photography)
 
Film Editing by
Timothy Alverson  (as Tim Alverson)
Michael N. Knue 
 
Casting by
Donna Isaacson 
Christian Kaplan 
 
Production Design by
Norifumi Ataka 
 
Set Decoration by
Fumiaki Suzaka 
Nobuaki Watanabe 
 
Makeup Department
Rick Findlater .... hair designer
Rick Findlater .... makeup designer
Georgia Lockhart-Adams .... hair stylist
Fumi Takeshita .... key hair stylist: Japan
Fumi Takeshita .... key makeup artist: Japan
Yoko Yamazaki .... assistant hair stylist: Japan
Yoko Yamazaki .... assistant makeup artist: Japan
 
Production Management
Brady Vant Hull .... production supervisor: second unit, Tokyo
Keizo Shukuzaki .... production manager
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kazuhiko Kondo .... first assistant director: Japan
Ed Licht .... first assistant director
Youichi Matsunaga .... second assistant director: Japan
Amy Wilkins .... second assistant director
Takaji Yamaguchi .... third assistant director: Japan
 
Sound Department
David Betancourt .... foley mixer
James Bolt .... sound re-recording mixer
Smokey Cloud .... first assistant sound editor
Ronny Cox .... adr mixer (as Ron Cox)
Dawn Fintor .... foley artist
Alan Freedman .... adr mixer
David Grimaldi .... sound effects editor
Scott A. Jennings .... sound effects editor
Masato Komatsu .... sound mixer
Cliff Latimer .... adr editor
Timothy E. Lauber .... adr recordist (as Tim Lauber)
David Lucarelli .... adr mixer
Chuck Michael .... sound designer
Chuck Michael .... sound re-recording mixer
Chuck Michael .... supervising sound editor
Nash Michael .... foley editor
Takashi Nakazato .... boom operator
Chris Navarro .... adr mixer
Paul Pavelka .... re-recording engineer
Eliza Pollack Zebert .... supervising dialogue editor
Charleen Richards .... adr mixer (as Charleen Richards-Steeves)
Alicia Stevenson .... foley artist
Shinji Watanabe .... boom operator
 
Special Effects by
Hidekazu Kishiura .... special effects coordinator
 
Visual Effects by
Andrea Caretta .... digital lighting and compositing artist
Thomas F. Ford IV .... visual effects producer: New Regency/Twentieth Century Fox
Bonnie Kanner .... visual effects executive producer: Pixel Magic
George Macri .... visual effects producer: Pixel Magic
Hajime Matsumoto .... visual effect supervisor: Big-X
Ray McIntyre Jr. .... visual effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Josh Mossotti .... visual effects artist
Reid Paul .... senior digital effects supervisor: Pixel Magic
Neal Sopata .... digital artist
Bob Wiatr .... digital effects compositor: Pacific Title
 
Stunts
Masanobu Anamiya .... stunts
Shunsuke Gondo .... stunts
Nami Hanada .... stunts
Shinji Noro .... stunts
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael FitzMaurice .... aerial director of photography: Tokyo
Takahiro Imai .... first assistant camera
Bill Kaye .... still photographer
Shigeto Mizuno .... second assistant camera
Kohei Suzuki .... electrician
Shinzi Suzuki .... camera operator
Yoshimi Watabe .... chief lighting technician
Katsuyuki Yanagisawa .... key grip
 
Casting Department
Caitlin McKenna-Wilkinson .... adr voice casting
Masashi Yamaguchi .... casting associate
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Minako Matsumoto .... assistant stylist
Akiko Nomura .... stylist
Stevie Sterman .... costume assistant
 
Editorial Department
Gary Burritt .... negative cutter
Gilbert Carreras .... lab color timer
Mel Friedman .... first assistant editor
Yoshie Ishiguro .... first assistant editor
David Kennedy .... digital intermediate assistant
 
Music Department
Christine Bergren .... music legal and clearance
Audrey DeRoche .... score supervisor (as Audrey deRoche)
Dave Jordan .... music supervisor
Lise Richardson .... music editor
Damon Tedesco .... score mixer
Rebekah Touma .... music coordinator
Jojo Villanueva .... music supervisor
 
Transportation Department
Takahiro Himeno .... driver
Joetaro Kitamura .... driver
Keiichi Sugimoto .... driver
 
Other crew
Chiho Asada .... interpreter
Richard Guay .... production consultant
Naomi Hatta .... assistant: Mr. Fukushima
Taishi Hirahara .... location manager
Yoshiki Imaoka .... location manager
Hideaki Jimbo .... production coordinator
Kyohei Kato .... production assistant
Kelly Kiernan .... production executive
Chisono Kikkawa .... production assistant
Hideo Kunimatsu .... dialect coach
Rana Morrison .... location assistance
Keisuke Nakata .... production assistant
Natsuko Nezu .... production accountant
Mariko Nishizawa .... clearance
Frédéric North .... camera helicopter pilot: Tokyo
Rina Ohashi .... interpreter
Akiko Okada .... bilingual production assistant
Yoko Oyabu .... production coordinator
Shinya Saeki .... production assistant
Kazuko Shingyoku .... script supervisor
Bryan Smiley .... assistant: Arnon Milchan
Hiroko Stanhope .... assistant: Mr. Ichise
Tsuzumi Takagi .... bilingual production assistant
Katsuya Tsukui .... bilingual production assistant
Chiaki Yanagimoto .... assistant: Mr. Ochiai
Kazumi Nakamura .... adr voice (uncredited)
 

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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for terror, disturbing images, sexual content and language.
Parents Guide:
View content advisory for parents
Runtime:
85 min | USA:90 min (unrated version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Japanese
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital | DTS
Certification:
Ireland:16 | Singapore:PG | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #43974) | UK:15 | New Zealand:R16 | Canada:13+ (Québec) | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia/Ontario) | Sweden:15 | Germany:16 | Philippines:PG-13 (MTRCB) | South Korea:18 | Argentina:16 | Australia:MA | Finland:K-15 | Singapore:NC-16 (DVD rating) | Italy:VM14 | Ireland:15 (video rating) | Netherlands:16 | South Africa:16LV | Hong Kong:IIB | France:U (with warning)
Filming Locations:
Tokyo, Japan
Company:
Regency Enterprises more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Not screened for critics. more
Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When Ben and his wife take a picture of themselves in the beginning, the camera is obviously not on. more
Movie Connections:
Remake of Shutter (2004/II) more
Soundtrack:
Sky Business more

FAQ

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User Comments

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31 out of 50 people found the following comment useful.
Another unrelentingly boring ghost-in-the-machine remake, 28 March 2008
3/10
Author: movedout from http://thescreenbug.blogspot.com

Take it as it is. A derivative, leaden, mind-numbingly simplified remake of a superior original. That's not to say that it's genuinely decent on its own merits if you've not already seen 2004's seminal Thai-horror "Shutter" that reignited that country's interest in producing slow burning, luxuriously made horror films. Interestingly, and perhaps even fittingly, the Hollywood machine that devours and regurgitates the recent slate of J-Horror films has turned its sights on "Shutter", which arguably finds its core roots in Japan's horror conventions in its vengeful, waifish ghost girl tormenting the living by manifesting through various electronic mediums. So what Masayuki Ochiai's adaptation essentially becomes is a carbon copy of copy.

American photographer Ben Shaw (Joshua Jackson) and his blonde schoolteacher bride Jane (Rachael Taylor) go straight from nuptials to a working honeymoon in Japan, natch, because America just isn't as scary to Americans as Asia is. Before heading off to Ben's lucrative assignment in Tokyo, the newly minted couple heads to a remote countryside inn when a brief accident derails Jane's constitution and compels her to seek out answers led by a phantasmal presence in photographs and a newly discovered knowledge of spirit photography.

Unremarkably, Luke Dawson's screenplay omits and appends details to its basic premise. The original uses the stark disassociation of city living to intensify the eeriness of isolation, and the idea that we never really see what we think we know. Dawson's script transplants the couple to a different country, ramping up the cultural alienation and exoticism of another culture. It's not dissimilar to what we've already seen in "The Grudge" remakes.

Even as Ochiai's direction is comparatively surefooted and patient with the camera choosing to hang on to a scene instead of ludicrously harping on jump-cuts and eyeball-rattling shots that bounce off the wall, the film feels unambitiously stale. "Shutter" goes through the motions of dourly checking off look-behind-you set pieces and reflections on windows. The plotting and performances are so apparent; you'd find yourself a couple of steps ahead of the film's central faux-mystery. While the bizarre symbiotic relationship audiences have with particularly mediocre remakes of Asian horror films should still live on after this, what remains most terrifying is how textbook simple and undemanding the film-making has become for films of its ilk.

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