Miki Nakatani, Jun Kunimura, Ken Mitsuishi

A man gets involved in a kidnapping scheme with the wife of a wealthy businessman. She lets herself be tied up and confined in his house while he sends the ransom demand. When he returns home that nig...( read more  read more... )ht, however, he finds her laying dead on the floor. In a panic he buries her body deep in the woods and tries to return to his ordinary life. One day, he thinks he spots her walking down the street. Is his mind playing tricks on him, or has she somehow returned from the grave?

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Unrated, 90 min.

Directed by: Hideo Nakata

Release Date: January 1, 1999

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DVD Release Date: April 15, 2003

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  • January 27, 2007
    An interesting effort from Hideo Nakata. Certainly a very far cry from The Ring. The plot is extremely intricate and quite well-outlined, and it's a really exciting sensation when the ending pulls it all together. Unfortunately, the movie suffers from significant pacing problems ...( read more)- very little happens until about 40 minutes in. Though I generally can get past things like that, the inactivity was almost stifling, especially considering some rather dull performances and a nondescript atmosphere.

    To summarize: great screenplay, shame about the movie.
  • January 5, 2008
    I expected a great film from the director of The Ring and Dark Water, and for a large part I was disappointed. This has an interesting thriller story line with a few twists and is told with a jigsaw puzzle approach, however, unfortunately it has too failings to put it in the same...( read more) league as others by him. Good...but not great
  • September 10, 2007
    An ingenious suspense-thriller with an cleverly constructed plot that unfolds in a non-linear fashion. Upon reflection, one realizes the twists have been borrowed from other classic suspense films, but they are utilized here in such an effective and unpredictable manner that the...( read more)y feel fresh. The less you know going in, the better... let yourself become entrapped in its enigmatic plot.
  • June 21, 2007
    o___O" Chaos.

    CHAOS!


    CHHAAAOOOSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    *drum solo*
  • May 13, 2007
    A truly incredible film, Hideo Nakata's finest.
  • May 3, 2007
    hectic horror & confusion, love lasts forever till it dies..
  • January 21, 2007
    Very confusing watching for the first time. After a few more viewing, one should get the jist.
  • September 28, 2006
    This looks really crap.
  • July 25, 2006
    It's sat upstaris I just need to watch it.

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