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One Missed Call (2003)

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Original title: Chakushin ari


DVD Release Date
• R1: Sep 13, 2005

Official Website:
One Missed Call Website

MPAA Rating
Rated R for violence, disturbing images and brief nudity.

Running Time
1 hour, 52 minutes

Country Japan

Production Companies
Kadokawa-Daiei Eiga K.K.

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Other Titles
• One Missed Call
• Chakushin ari (2003)
• You've Got a Call



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Genre: Mystery, Thriller, Horror, Experimental

Tagline: Death cannot be put on hold...

Plot: Takashi Miike, the director of such cult classics as the DEAD OR ALIVE trilogy, ICHI THE KILLER, and AUDITION, takes on the Japanese horror film with ONE MISSED CALL. Mixing in elements of Hideo Nakata's THE RING and Takashi Shimizu's JU-ON: THE GRUDGE, Miike creates a scarefest sure to rattle even the most experienced horror movie lover. Pop sensation Kou Shibasaki stars as Yumi Nakamura, a teenager who gets freaked out when her best friend, Yoko (Anna Nagata), gets a call on her cell phone--from herself, screaming, dated three days in the future. Three days later, at the exact time of the call--which had an ominous, strange ring tone--it all comes true, with Yoko screaming as she dies. The calls continue as friends of Yumi's fear that they will be the next one to hear the ring tone that foretells their death. Meanwhile, Yumi is joined by Hiroshi (Shin'ichi Tsutsumi), whose sister was recently killed and who wants to get to the bottom of the mystery before more young women die. Miike masterfully manipulates the audience, with plenty of scares around each corner, lots of terrifying images, violently dizzying flash cutting, and creepy music by Koji Endo. ONE MISSED CALL is one scary movie that should not be

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external linkAlong with the use of various lens filters and the use of a very good sound design, he manages to create an atmosphere of horror you rarely get to see on the big screen. Very often these effects scare you, without really seeing horrible scenes. 4/5



 Directed by
Takashi Miike
Audition, Ichi the Killer, Visitor Q
 Written by
Yasushi Akimoto
One Missed Call
 Cast
Kou Shibasaki
Battle Royale, Dong jing gong lüe, Go
Shin'ichi Tsutsumi
Monday, Drive, Lorelei: The Witch of the Pacific Ocean
Kazue Fukiishi
Makai tenshô, Noriko no shokutaku, Naisu no mori: The First Contact
Renji Ishibashi
Audition, Dead or Alive: Hanzaisha, Gozu
Goro Kishitani
Returner, Graveyard of Honor, Tokyo Tower
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 Music By
Kôji Endô
Audition, Visitor Q, The Happiness of the Katakuris



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