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"Do you want to meet a ghost?"

2001

1h 59m

6.7(715 votes)

Horror

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

In the immense city of Tokyo, the darkness of the afterlife lures some of its inhabitants desperately trying to escape the sadness and isolation of the modern world.

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Production Companies

Daiei Film

Nippon Television Network Corporation

Hakuhodo

IMAGICA

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Kumiko Aso

Kumiko Aso

Michi Kudo

Haruhiko Kato

Haruhiko Kato

Ryosuke Kawashima

Koyuki

Koyuki

Harue Karasawa

Kurume Arisaka

Kurume Arisaka

Junko Sasano

Masatoshi Matsuo

Masatoshi Matsuo

Toshio Yabe

Shinji Takeda

Shinji Takeda

Yoshizaki

Kenji Mizuhashi

Kenji Mizuhashi

Taguchi

Shun Sugata

Shun Sugata

Boss

Ken Furusawa

Convenience Store Employee

Teruo Ono

Doroningen

Creative team

Directed by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Written by: Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Produced by: Hiroshi Yamamoto
Seiji Okuda

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