Directed by Takashi Shimizu • 2003 • Japan
Starring Noriko Sakai, Shingo Katsurayama, Chiharu Niiyama
Takashi Shimizu’s sequel to his international hit delivers more of the indelibly creepy atmosphere and tension-enhancing nonlinear style that made the original a J-horror sensation. Here, the curse of the murdered family introduced in the original film continues to spread as it infects the life of a famed horror actress (Noriko Sakai) starring in a TV show set in the home where they died. Adding to her fears are the strange circumstances surrounding her pregnancy—exactly who or what is growing inside her?
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Audition
Directed by Takashi Miike • 1999 • Japan
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Ichi the Killer
Directed by Takashi Miike • 2001 • Japan
Starring Tadanobu Asano, Nao Omori, Shinya TsukamotoVisceral, bloody, and often hilarious, Takashi Miike’s gonzo gore opera (an adaptation of the manga by Hideo Yamamoto) is one of the most influential and notorious genre films of the twenty-first centur...
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Pulse
Directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa • 2001 • Japan
Kumiko Aso, Haruhiko Kato, KoyukiIn Tokyo, a group of young people begin to experience strange phenomena involving missing coworkers and friends, technological breakdown, and a mysterious website that asks them, “Do you want to meet a ghost?” After th...
