Kazuhiro Nakahara, Miho Ninagawa, Shinya Tsukamoto

A fear-obsessed freelance cameraman investigates an urban legend involving mysterious spirits that haunt the subways of Tokyo, leading him to a disturbing discovery.

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51% liked it

9,781 ratings

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41% liked it

29 critics

R, 1 hr. 32 min.

Directed by: Takashi Shimizu

Release Date: December 9, 2005

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DVD Release Date: March 14, 2006

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  • December 10, 2007
    Some weird movies are just too weird.
    Even for me.

    This will probably divide the ones who see it. Some will understand it all and will like it, some won't and will like it anyway. And some will dislike even if they get it. I stand somewhere in the middle of all those.
    There real...( read more)ly are different things to get in this movie. And to fully appreciate it, one has to embrace several other plans we're not used to deal with in our everyday life.
    Not to mention this is clearly an oriental type of movie since the beginning, which, if you're not used to the genre, makes it another thing to "deal with".

    Don't know.
    I guess it just wasn't one of those days for me.

    Naked, pale asian chicks with chains in their feet left alone in a cave are always hot, though.
  • February 27, 2007
    A very different turn to Shimizu's redundant Ju On flicks. A more Lovecraft type of story (heck, there's even a reference to him) with none other than Shinya Tsukamoto playing the main lead, which adds a bonus of extra weirdness to the whole thing. Anyone tired of the all the rin...( read more)gu derivations should give a try to this one.
  • June 1, 2008
    strange..more like david lynch..just got bored waiting for smoething to happen..interesting concept and dark visuals...jut lost my interest with this one ..yawn
  • June 4, 2007
    How much you like it depends on how you interpet the ending.
  • February 23, 2007
    When I first saw this I was really impressed. The more I thought about it though, I was more and more fascinated by the story, that seems to go anywhere it damn well wants to. A brilliant film by Shimizu and a nice break from his Ju-on series. A director I will follow for life...( read more). Also, a great lead performance by Tetsuo director Tsukamoto.
  • November 15, 2009
    Weird, disturbing, and good scares!
  • October 21, 2009
    A movie that relies almost only on atmosphere and it succeeds with doing so. This is a very moody film. Weird and surrealistic with some very cool scenery.
  • July 13, 2009
    If you want to see a bizarre film, this would be it. Obscure human behavior and the like. The ending left something to be desired, though, for me.
  • March 24, 2009
    NOW THAT WAS SUCH A DISSAPOINTMENT.

    IS THIS THE SAME DIRECTOR WHO MADE THE GRUDGE??

    WHAT HAPPENED WITH HIM??
    YES THIS FILM IS WEIRD BUT WITH A NEGATIVE WAY...
  • November 5, 2008
    Mad man walking! Creepy, interesting, original and sort of disturbing. I like it yet I have no idea what it was I just saw...It might just be madness alltogether but well worth watching.

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December 9, 2005
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

For Japanese horror aficionados only, and even they are likely to be underwhelmed by this stew of half-baked ideas and creepy sensations.

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