Shabake (2007)
A sickly young teen, Ichitaro (Yuya Tegoshi) is able to see and interrelate with Shinto-style Kami spirits. Some of them take human form, like Shirasawa and Inubami who are like his body guards. An interesting Kabuki wallpaper character Byobu Nozoki (Miyasako Hiroyuki) comes in and out of a screen. There are other spirits that are in unusual makeup and there's great special effects.
Ichitaro doesn't tell his Father, Fuji Hyoue (Kishibe Ittoku) and Mother Fuji Bee (Miki Maya) about his abilities. The parents too have some secrets of their own that don't come out until later in the movie.
In addition, Ichitaro has seen a man get killed and it seems that other attacks seem to be involved with him.
This is a made-for-TV (Fuji TV) movie for all Japanese ages. I'm not sure what the title translates to. Sha bake means Shabby, but that doesn't have anything to do with this story. The DVD comes with English, Chinese, and Malaysian subtitles. Although the movie is well-made, the English translation is pretty bad (enough to reduce the stars in my rating) but it's good enough to keep up with the story.
A sickly young teen, Ichitaro (Yuya Tegoshi) is able to see and interrelate with Shinto-style Kami spirits. Some of them take human form, like Shirasawa and Inubami who are like his body guards. An interesting Kabuki wallpaper character Byobu Nozoki (Miyasako Hiroyuki) comes in and out of a screen. There are other spirits that are in unusual makeup and there's great special effects.
Ichitaro doesn't tell his Father, Fuji Hyoue (Kishibe Ittoku) and Mother Fuji Bee (Miki Maya) about his abilities. The parents too have some secrets of their own that don't come out until later in the movie.
In addition, Ichitaro has seen a man get killed and it seems that other attacks seem to be involved with him.
This is a made-for-TV (Fuji TV) movie for all Japanese ages. I'm not sure what the title translates to. Sha bake means Shabby, but that doesn't have anything to do with this story. The DVD comes with English, Chinese, and Malaysian subtitles. Although the movie is well-made, the English translation is pretty bad (enough to reduce the stars in my rating) but it's good enough to keep up with the story.
