A Japanese actress begins having strange visions and experiences after landing a role in a horror film about a real-life murder spree that took place over forty years ago.
Direction
Shimizu crafts layered dread between film sets and fever dreams.
Acting
Yûka's unraveling performance—three women, one body, zero certainty.
Director
Takashi Shimizu
Yûka
Nagisa Sugiura
Kippei Shiina
Ikuo Matsumura
Tetta Sugimoto
Tadashi Murakawa
Shun Oguri
Kazuya Omori
Marika Matsumoto
Yuka Morita
Karina
Yayoi Kinoshita
Hidekazu Mashima
Assistant Supervisor
Mantaro Koichi
Yamanaka Producer
Miki Sanjō
Ayumi Omori
Takako Fuji
Hotel Maid
Tarō Suwa
Projectionist
Kiyoshi Kurosawa
Professor Kawashima
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shimizu made this between Ju-on films, and that creepy kid cameo? Same universe, different nightmare.
The 1970 hotel massacre echoes real Japanese mass violence like the Tsuyama massacre, grounding supernatural horror in documented national trauma.
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