Michiko lost her dad in a car accident when she was 10 years old. After the car accident, Michiko has lived with her mother Kyoko. Michiko, now in her 2nd year of high school, gets a cell phone from her mother as a birthday present. Michiko is so excited to have her very first cell phone. Soon afterwards, she is forced into joining social networking site "AvaQ" by classmate, and queen of the classroom, Taeko.
Acting
Ai Hashimoto carries the dread of a girl who just wanted friends.
Production
AvaQ interface design perfectly captures cursed 2011 social media aesthetics.
Director
Atsushi Wada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Released during Japan's 'keitai horror' boom, when smartphones were still new enough to feel genuinely sinister rather than merely annoying.
Director Atsushi Wada allegedly shot multiple endings; the theatrical cut's bleak cyclical finale was chosen after test audiences found the 'happy' version 'unconvincing.'
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