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Joyû-rei

  • 1996
  • Unrated
  • 1h 15m
IMDb RATING
6.2/10
713
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Joyû-rei (1996)
FantasyHorror

A filmmaker and crew slowly go insane after being continually haunted by the ghost of a dead actress.A filmmaker and crew slowly go insane after being continually haunted by the ghost of a dead actress.A filmmaker and crew slowly go insane after being continually haunted by the ghost of a dead actress.

  • Director
    • Hideo Nakata
  • Writers
    • Hideo Nakata
    • Hiroshi Takahashi
  • Stars
    • Yûrei Yanagi
    • Yasuyo Shirashima
    • Kei Ishibashi
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    6.2/10
    713
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Hideo Nakata
    • Writers
      • Hideo Nakata
      • Hiroshi Takahashi
    • Stars
      • Yûrei Yanagi
      • Yasuyo Shirashima
      • Kei Ishibashi
    • 17User reviews
    • 8Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Yûrei Yanagi
    • Toshio Murai…
    Yasuyo Shirashima
    • Hitomi Kurokawa…
    Kei Ishibashi
    • Saori Murakami…
    Ren Ôsugi
    Ren Ôsugi
    • Ootani…
    Taka Higuchi
    • Masaru Hayama
    • (as Takanori Kikuchi)
    Sabu
    Sabu
    • Sekikawa
    Reita Serizawa
    • Sadaoka
    Akira Hibino
    • Actor in the 1971 TV film footage
    Hirofumi Kobayashi
    • Shigeru Mochizuki…
    Dan Li
    • Ghost actress
    Daisuke Iijima
    • Police detective
    Naomi Kojima
    • Actress in the 1971 TV film footage
    Katsunori Someya
    • Tomoyasu
    Yûken Yoshida
    • Kasuya
    Toshie Negishi
    Toshie Negishi
    • Tokiko Tsutsumi…
    Akira Takahashi
    • Roku-san
    • Director
      • Hideo Nakata
    • Writers
      • Hideo Nakata
      • Hiroshi Takahashi
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews17

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    6SomaQuest

    Witness The Origins of J-Horror

    A worth-while watch for an introduction to the origins of modern J-Horror. As a Freshman directorial effort some aspects show through as "need improvement,"; continuity of story, backstory development, score, lighting - however, the concept of this film became the backbone of J-Horror and the foreshadowing of many of what we now call cliches in Asian Horror. That being said, by today's standards not a "scary" film nor one that will be memorable for younger audiences.
    8etale

    Precursor to RINGU

    After watching this film last night on Sundance, I realized that much of Nakata's style was first done in this film. Here we have many of the same elements of the RINGU series, especially the idea of the media being the source of the supernatural. Instead of the cursed videotape, we instead having a haunted studio and strange images appearing on film. In fact, the strange images appearing on film brings immediately the cursed videotape in RINGU to mind. The only thing missing was the obsession to water that runs through Nakata's later films. The final scenes are quite chilling, with a bit of a nod to Murnau, what with the door opening by itself ands the ghost entering the room, reminds me immediatly of

    NOSFERATU. A chilling movie that will make think twice about going up to a catwalk.
    7cal_007

    Spooky Japanese horror

    Not on the same level as Ring (or Ring 2) but still a good Japanese horror flick nonetheless. I wish North American horror producers would take a page out of the Japanese horror template and put more 'spookiness' and less cheap shocks in their flicks. Lots of good examples in this one, scenes where a whited out face is scene staring behind a young actress, photographs on a wall are suddenly glimpsed smiling, just for a second, and more. Worth checking out if you like the genre.
    7christopher-underwood

    some very creepy moments

    Second feature film from the man who would go on to make The Ring and Dark Water, indeed his very first film if you exclude, as I see IMDb do, a 'pink'. but first or second it is a great effort and if it doesn't totally succeed it certainly has some very creepy moments and is breaking new ground for a ghost film. He is already using the media, ghostly images appear superimposed upon the film he is using to shoot a melodrama, and utilising the long haired maniacal girl/ghost image. Modest running time exactly in accordance with the requirements of the story; if only all directors would go short if the story did not warrant more. A little confusing now and again because Mr Nakata does not lay everything out that obviously but well worth catching.
    cecil2

    ghost existentialism

    This film is great at putting ideas into the viewer's subconscious. The whole simple idea of the story is great, by having the characters shoot a film such that the viewer almost feels like they are separated from the characters and in tune with the supernatural. Since you are watching people making a movie investigating another movie, it brings you into the action, as if the same things could happen to you. The blandness of some scenes on the surface is really fun when contrasted against the supernatural events that happen later. An example is a line where the director tells the actress not to "look down" when saying her lines, when she really shouldn't be "looking up" later when she encounters the ghost. One of the most interesting things about this movie is that you wouldn't even think this was a ghost story in some scenes until you realize the context it is in. Definitely this is one of the best ghost detective stories, it has an almost meditative nature and makes the movie more scary. The over the shoulder scenes of the ghost are very scary, partly because the movie often shows people filming from the opposite angle, so you are actually watching them film, scenes in which you could become the ghost. By concentrating on the existence of the ghost, the whole movie becomes more scary.

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    • Release date
      • March 2, 1996 (Japan)
    • Country of origin
      • Japan
    • Language
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Don't Look Up
    • Production companies
      • Bandai Visual Company
      • Bitters End
      • WOWOW
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 15m(75 min)
    • Color
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