Directed by:
Takashi MiikeScreenplay:
Kikumi YamagishiCinematography:
北信康Composer:
Kōji EndōCast:
Ebizō Ichikawa, Kō Shibasaki, Hideaki Itō, 勝野洋, 佐藤慶, Tatsuya Nakadai, Kenichi Hagiwara, 佐藤浩市, 中西美帆, Ikko Furuya, 根岸季衣, Toshimasa NiiroPlots(1)
Famous unpredictable director, Takashi Miike, truly enriched his film portfolio this year. Inspired by the classical Japanese ghost stories, Yotsuya kaidan, he filmed a novel story about a group of actors who, while rehearsing a theatre play, mirror their own stories in those of the classic play. This masterpiece has been compared to Miike's breakthrough movie, the bloody thriller titled Casting. And just like in the previous movie he prefers strong characters, their morality and the gradation of the conflicts between them, over the typical plots of the modern horrors. And that is why the finale is so impressive, because the world of the reality and theatre coalesce into a frightening nightmare. (Filmasia)
(more)Cast
Ebizō Ichikawa
Best movies:
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai (2011)
Blade of the Immortal (2017)
Sea Without Exit (2006)
![Kō Shibasaki](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274407_6144ad.jpg)
Kō Shibasaki
Japan
Best movies:
Crying Out Love, In the Center of the World (2004)
Go (2001)
Memories of Matsuko (2006)
![Hideaki Itō](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274876_de40f0.jpg)
Hideaki Itō
Japan
Best movies:
A Heartful of Love (2005)
Secret (1999)
Wood Job! (2014)
勝野洋
Japan
Best movies:
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
Yamato (2005)
Izo: The World Can Never Be Changed (2004)
![佐藤慶](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/886/157886928_70bf11.jpg)
佐藤慶
Japan
Best movies:
The Man Who Stole the Sun (1979)
Zatoichi's Vengeance (1966)
Bushido, Samurai Saga (1963)
![Tatsuya Nakadai](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272374_48e342.jpg)
Tatsuya Nakadai
Japan
Best movies:
Zatoichi at the Fire Festival (1970)
The Human Bullet (1968)
Seven Samurai (1954)
Kenichi Hagiwara
Japan
Best movies:
Kagemusha (1980)
Tajomaru (2009)
Over Your Dead Body (2014)
![佐藤浩市](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/169/014/169014418_0rzn1p.jpg)
佐藤浩市
Japan
Best movies:
Antarctica (1983)
Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters (1985)
The Floating Castle (2012)
![中西美帆](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/613/159613583_a95c75.jpg)
中西美帆
Japan
Best movies:
The Eternal Zero (2013)
Over Your Dead Body (2014)
![Ikko Furuya](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/224/164224799_f2c78a.jpg)
Ikko Furuya
Japan
Best movies:
Over Your Dead Body (2014)
![根岸季衣](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/764/168764514_411zhn.jpg)
根岸季衣
Japan
Best movies:
When Marnie Was There (2014)
Switching - Goodbye Me (2007)
Bunny Drop (2011)
Toshimasa Niiro
Japan
Best movies:
The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi (2003)
The Glorious Team Batista (2008)
Achilles and the Tortoise (2008)