Dead Waves

Dead Waves

Dead Waves

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Dead Waves

"We dare you to watch..."

2005

1h 17m

3.9(8 votes)

Horror

Overview

When a television producer visits the home of a brother and sister to interview them for his series on paranormal phenomena, what first appears to be a simple case of psychopathology turns into a full-blown epidemic of demonic manifestation. To his horror he realizes that he is not only a witness to the blossoming insanity, filming each scream and horrific expression, but that he and his technology have been intricately tied to the cause and conduit of its spread…

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Production Companies

Pony Canyon

Nippan Group Holdings

The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Akiko Esaki

Kanji Furutachi

Kanji Furutachi

Miho Hirata

Shihori Kanjiya

Shihori Kanjiya

Asuka Kurosawa

Asuka Kurosawa

Masaki Miura

Masaki Miura

Akihiro Nakatani

Akihiro Nakatani

Mari Sakai

Yukimi Tanaka

Soko Wada

Soko Wada

Creative team

Directed by: Yôichirô Hayama
Written by: Kayo Kanô
Yôichirô Hayama

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