Summary
Years after moving to Tokyo with her parents, Hinako returns to her hometown in rural Shikoku.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 49GoodWatch 50
IMDb5.7
Audience score40%
Running time
1 h 40 min
A typical length for horror movies, +5 min on the typical 95
typical 95100Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 6 countries
Released
1999
January 23, 1999
27 years ago
Genre
HorrorLanguage
Japanese
Original language
Made in
- Japan
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceMild
- Gore, disturbing imagesModerate
- Frightening scenesStrong
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightPublic Viewing SafeSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 5 more14 people
- Yui NatsukawaHinako Myoujin
- Michitaka TsutsuiFumiya Akizawa
- Chiaki KuriyamaSayori Hiura
- Toshie NegishiTeruko Hiura (Sayori's mother)
- Ren OsugiYasutaka Hiura (Sayori's father)
- Makoto SatōSendo
- Tarō SuwaOda
- Tomoko OtakaraYukari Asakawa
- HKHazuki KōzuChizuko Oono
- RKRaishin KodamaDriver
- MAMinako AinouHinako Myoujin as child
- MSMiho SuzukiSayori Hiura as child
- FMFumito MoriwakiFumiya Akizawa as child
- MHMomo HasegawaYukari
Directing · 1
- Shunichi Nagasaki Director
Writing · 2
- Kunimi Manda Writer
- Takenori Sentô Writer
Production · 2
- Masato Hara Producer
- Yasushi Tsuge Producer
Camera · 1
- Noboru Shinoda Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Yoshiyuki Okuhara Editor
Sound · 1
- Satoshi Kadokura Original Music Composer
Art · 1
- Yohei Taneda Production Design
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