Fresh
A major splatter fest.
Janice Page, Boston Globe
Versus
Witness a battle no one has ever seen.
2000 · 2h · Unrated
Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Directed by
Ryuhei Kitamura
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Versus
Overview
A group of ruthless gangsters, an unknown woman and an escaped convict have met, in The Forest of Resurrection, the 444th portal to the other side. Their troubles start when those once killed and buried in the forest come back from the dead.
Director and cast
- Ryuhei Kitamura Director
- Tak Sakaguchi as Prisoner KSC2-303
- Hideo Sakaki as The Man
- Kenji Matsuda as Yakuza Leader with Butterfly Knife
- Minoru Matsumoto as Crazy yakuza with amulet
- Yuichiro Arai as Motorcycle-riding Yakuza with Revolver
- Chieko Misaka as The Girl
- Kazuhito Ohba as Yakuza with glasses
- Takehiro Katayama Cast
- Ayumi Yoshihara Cast
- Shoichiro Masumoto Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
75%
Tomatometer
Fresh
For a low-budget ghost-yakuza thriller, Versus is a fairly impressive achievement.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
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