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Wikipedia article




is a 2014 Japanese supernatural horror film directed by Takashi Miike. It was released on 23 August 2014.

Summary



A star, Miyuki Goto (K Shibasaki) plays Oiwa, the protagonist in a new play based on the ghost story 'Yotsuya Kaidan'. She pulls some strings to get her lover, Kosuke Hasegawa (Ebiz Ichikawa XI) cast in the play, even though he's a relatively unknown actor. Other performers, Rio Asahina (Miho Nakanishi) and Jun Suzuki (Hideaki It), lust after Miyuki. Offstage, the cast's possessive love and obsessions exist as reality. Trapped between the play and reality, the cast's feelings for each other are amplified. When it becomes clear that love is not meant to be both on and off stage, love turns into a grudge and crosses the blurred line between reality and fantasy.

Cast



*Ebiz Ichikawa XI as Kousuke Hasegawa/Tamiya Iemon

*K Shibasaki as Miyuki Goto/Oiwa

*Hideaki It as Jun Suzuki/Takuetsu

*Miho Nakanishi as Rio Asahina/It Ume

*Maiko as Kayoko Kurata

*Toshie Negishi as Misuzu Horiuchi/Maki

*Hiroshi Katsuno as Michisabur Ogata/Tamiya Matazaemon

*Ikk Furuya as Kanji Shimada/It Kihei

Reception



On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 9 critics, with an average rating of 7/10.

Dennis Harvey of 'Variety', after watching it screened at the Toronto International Film Festival, wrote: "Actors rehearsing a classic ghost tale find life imitating art in this atypically dull Takashi Miike opus".

References




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