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starring: Yui Natsukawa, Michitaka Tsutsui, Chiaki Kuriyama, Toshie Negishi, Ren Osugidirected by: Shunichi Nagasaki
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0634991206129
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: Adness
Manufacturer: Adness
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Adness
Region Code: 1
Release Date: October 26, 2004
Running Time: 101 minutes
Sales Rank: 68016
Studio: Adness
Theatrical Release Date: 1999
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Description:
Sagori possesses spiritual powers which enable her to converse with the dead. After she dies at the age of sixteen, her mother attempts to bring her back from the dead. Sagori’s friends decide to investigate the history of Shikoku Island which is also known as The Kingdom of the Dead. Will Sagori’s friends be able to stop the awakening of Sagori from the dead?
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - How the Past Haunts the Present
This is a quiet psychological Japanese ghost story. Its a very dry film, in that there is no blood and gore. There is little if any action. It reminds me of Peter Straub novels and how ghosts from the past haunt people years later like in Ghost Story, Julia, and If You Could See Me Now. It a way its a Straub novel with a Japanese setting. Straub would have a lot more action.
It also has a lot to do with Shikoku and the 88 temples and how the area is known as a place for the dead. I like to ... Read More
Rating: - A good film but...
I thought this was a good movie. I bough it because Chiaki was on the cover, and she is my favorite actress. I was disappointed when I watched it because she is hardly in the film at all. She is in the film about fifteen minutes, if that. She did do a good performance, though. But this isn't my favorite film. If I were to recommend a Chiaki film, it would have to be Battle Royale or Kagen no Tsuki.
Rating:  - Long on atmosphere
Slowly paced, there are no real shocks here but this is a ghost story that emphasises humanity. There is an ongoing sense of foreboding and the film does finally deliver. I don't believe in spoilers but I will say that you can almost sympathise with the ghost! This is a worthy addition to any Asian horror fan's collection.
It's slow and subtle and a welcome change from the little boy and water-logged girl spirits that haunt Asian cinemas so much now.
Shikoku is at least worth a look. ... Read More
Rating:  - A sad and beautiful Japanese ghost story
I thought this movie was wonderful. The Japanese make the best horror films in the world, but many of those films, especially ghost stories such as Shikoku, operate on a different spiritual plane than Western horror. The fact that Shikoku is hyped as a product of the studio that produced the Ringu series will have many viewers expecting chills and frights that just aren't to be found here. When it comes to J-Horror, you can't expect the movie to conform to your expectations; instead, you have ... Read More
Rating: - The dead will rise... or not
Asian horror has been the big thing for a few years -- long-haired ghouls, blind girls who see ghosts, and so forth.
But I doubt Hollywood will be rushing to remake "Shikoku," a creepy and pretty movie with too much shakycam. While the star Chiaki Kuriyama does a solid job, the movie is too vague, blurry and full of loose ends that never really get tied up. It feels like they were making up the movie as they went along.
Hinako, Sayori and their mutual crush Fumiya ... Read More
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