Fresh
Norio Tsuruta's J-horror film, the second in a planned trilogy, has its derivative elements, but overall is a surprisingly clever and well-crafted supernatural suspense tale.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
While stopped at a roadside phone booth for transmitting his work through the Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five-year-old daughter Nana in the obituary section.
Director and cast
- Norio Tsuruta Director
- Hiroshi Mikami as Hideki Satomi
- Noriko Sakai as Ayaka Satomi
- Kazuhiro Yamaji as Mitamura Ishi
- Maki Horikita as Sayuri Wakakubo
- Mayumi Ono as Misato Miyamoto
- Kei Yamamoto as Rei Kigata
- Kazuko Yoshiyuki as Satoko Mikoshiba
- Tarō Suwa as Principal (voice)
- Daisuke Ban as Vice Principal
- Gaku Adachi as Reporter
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